Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1958. A Late C16 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Church Farmhouse

WRENN ID
last-shingle-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1958
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Church Farmhouse, the Street, North Lopham, IP22 2LP
OS grid reference
TM 036 825
Coordinates
52.40268, 0.99221
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Farmhouse is a late 16th-century farmhouse that features a timber frame with rendered wattle and daub infill and a thatched roof. The building has two storeys and an attic. The entrance door is located to the left of centre, set in a moulded doorcase beneath a flat fluted engaged pediment. To the right of the door, there are two 4-light 18th-century cross casements, also under similar pediments, with restored leaded glass. To the left, there is a 3-light ovolo mullioned window. The first floor has four 4-light 18th-century cross casements, which are also leaded. The gabled roof features rebuilt quadruple flues on a square plinth. There is a pantiled gabled extension on the east side, which has a drip shelf and a blocked louvred attic window. This extension includes similar 18th-century casements as seen on the facade.

The rear elevation has a two-storey stair turret beneath a low-pitched gabled roof. The upper window and four facade windows match those on the front. Inside, the close studded framing has been largely restored. The interior features chamfered and tongue-stopped bridging beams, and there is a winder staircase by the stack. The roof consists of tie beams, diminished principals, and collars that support clasped purlins, with straight windbracing.

Local climate

Church Farmhouse 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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