Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1985. Farmhouse.

Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
haunted-shingle-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 December 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hill Farmhouse, Lopham Road, Harling
OS grid reference
TM 009 851
Coordinates
52.42719, 0.95473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with a mid-19th century range added to the west. It features a timber frame that is plastered, with the east gable wall faced in 20th century brick and a pantile roof, which is hipped at the west end. The building has two storeys and attics, following a two-cell lobby entrance plan. The south elevation has a central doorway with a 20th century door beneath a canopy. There are two replaced ground floor casements and five small panel casements on the first floor, along with two attic dormer casements. A central axial brick stack is present.

On the north elevation, there is a single storey outshut made of flint with red brick dressings and a red pantile roof, featuring various 19th century casements. Inside, there is a four-centre arched brick fireplace, a winder stair against the stack, and some early 18th century two-panel raised, fielded doors. The two main ground floor bridging beams have simple stop-chamfered edges. The roof is likely from the mid-19th century.

The west range is constructed of gault brick with a hipped roof and asbestos cladding. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay facade with a central doorway featuring a six-panel door and a single-pane rectangular over-light. The windows are 12-pane sashes with glazing bars, set under flat rubbed and gauged brick arches. There is a dog-leg staircase with a wreathed handrail.

Local climate

Hill 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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