Benstead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1986. Farmhouse.
Benstead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- kindled-tin-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Benstead Farmhouse, Low Road, Mettingham, East Suffolk
- OS grid reference
- TM 364 909
- Coordinates
- 52.46514, 1.47971
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benstead Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that features a timber frame encased in brick, which is mostly colourwashed, with plastered gables. The left gable has applied timbering. The building has a slated roof and stands two storeys high with an attic. It has a three-cell layout with a cross-passage entry. There are three mid-20th century three-light casement windows without glazing bars, set under segmental arches, and a half-glazed entrance door. An internal stack is present. The main components of the frame can be seen in the upper rooms, and the hall has plain exposed joists. The original stairs have been removed. The roof structure has been renewed, and a lower parallel rear wing made of common brick has been added, likely around 1900.
Local climate
Benstead Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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