Layfield is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 December 1961. House.
Layfield
- WRENN ID
- quiet-pier-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 December 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Layfield, Stour Street, Cavendish
- OS grid reference
- TL 800 458
- Coordinates
- 52.08203, 0.62601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Layfield is a Grade II listed building located on Stour Street in Cavendish. This structure consists of 16th and 17th century timber-framed and plastered houses that have been combined into a single tenement. It is believed to have served as a workhouse, with overseer's accounts dating back to 1758, which mention an agreement with William Shackloc and his wife as governor.
The building features a two-storey gabled block at the eastern end, which dates from the 16th century and has a jettied upper storey on the south front. The west wing, which is one storey with attics, is from the 17th century. The windows are primarily casements, with some featuring leaded lights, and there is a four-panel door. The roof is tiled and includes two gabled dormers.
Layfield, along with the adjoining house, The Red House, and Mumfords, forms a notable group of buildings.
Local climate
Layfield sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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