1-3 Abbey Farm
1-3, Abbey Farm, Cotton Lane, Wickham Skeith, Eye, IP23 8LS
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1182599
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- 1-3 Abbey Farm
- Statutory Address:
- 1-3, Abbey Farm, Cotton Lane, Wickham Skeith, Eye, IP23 8LS
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1182599
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jul-1988
- List Entry Name:
- 1-3 Abbey Farm
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1-3, Abbey Farm, Cotton Lane, Wickham Skeith, Eye, IP23 8LS
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 1-3, Abbey Farm, Cotton Lane, Wickham Skeith, Eye, IP23 8LS
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Wickham Skeith
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 08427 68869
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23 February 2026 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards
TM 06 NE
2/142
WICKHAM SKEITH
Cotton Lane
1-3 Abbey Farm
(Formerly listed as Abbey Farmhouse, WICKHAM SKEITH)
II
Former farmhouse, now three dwellings. A C16 or earlier hall range with later C16 in-line parlour addition to east. C17 dairy wing to north west. Timber framed and roughcast rendered, roof of concrete pantiles. Two storeys. Parlour block is jettied to north on original brackets. C20 casement windows, mostly of standard metal-framed type. C20 doors. At junction of hall and parlour, within the hall range, is a stack with heavy axial shaft. The lower part of the shaft is original and contains oblong panels to north and south, that to the north the larger; each panel has a moulded border, originally enriched with an inner surround of dentils.
Interior: two bay parlour: Victorianised, the main components of the frame exposed only on the upper floor; central tie beam has mortices for large braces. Adjacent two bays of hall range have some framing exposed on upper floor; some components are sooted. Adjacent to stack, in south wall, is a window of c.1600 with ovolo mullions. Part of an arched stuccoed fireplace is visible in a cupboard, the remainder infilled by a C19 fireplace. Newel stair. Remainder of interior and all roofspace not examined.
Listing NGR: TM0842768869
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 281727
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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