The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1983. Farmhouse.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- stony-chalk-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Limes, Bardwell Road, Sapiston
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 750
- Coordinates
- 52.33959, 0.81376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a former farmhouse that later became a house and shop, and is now a house only. It dates from the 17th century, with the date 1677 inscribed on a recessed panel at the base of the chimney. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a timber-framed structure that is plastered. The front slope of the roof is covered with black glazed pantiles, while the rear has a mix of black glazed and red clay pantiles.
Inside, there is an internal chimney stack with attached hexagonal shafts that have moulded bases. The exterior has four windows, which are 20th-century small-paned casements. There is also a 20th-century enclosed gabled porch that includes a six-panelled door with recessed panels. At the east end of the building, there is a projecting two-storey shop extension from the 19th century, which has a lean-to slate roof that connects to the main roof slope and features 20th-century replacement windows.
Local climate
The Limes 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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