Potash Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Potash Farmhouse

WRENN ID
high-hall-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Potash Farmhouse, Haugh Road, Banham, NR16 2DE
OS grid reference
TM 085 896
Coordinates
52.46491, 1.06891
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Potash Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 16th century and later. It is constructed with a timber frame, featuring brick and wattle and daub infill, and has a pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic in the cross wing, with a pantiled outshut to the left. The main range includes an early 19th century sash window that retains its glazing bars, positioned below a 18th century casement. To the left of the main entrance, there is a 20th century porch next to a renewed casement in the cross wing, with an 18th century casement located above. Both the wing and the main range have gabled roofs; the wing features a drip shelf at the eaves, bargeboards, and an attic casement, while the main range has an off-centre ridge stack that was repaired in 1979. The south gable head is weatherboarded and has an external stack. The west front displays twin gables with bargeboards and mid 19th century sash windows, similar to those found in the main range. Inside, the lounge features chamfered and tongue-stopped beams, along with arched braces supporting the tie beams in the roof.

Local climate

Potash 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Almshouses (Town House) Grade II 683 m
  2. Almshouses Grade II 692 m
  3. The Cottage, Diken Cottage, The Beams Grade II 718 m
  4. The Thatched Cottage Grade II 723 m
  5. The Old Vicarage Grade II 726 m
  6. Bakehouse Cottage Grade II 730 m
  7. The Old White Horse Inn Grade II 733 m
  8. Bakehouse Pottery Grade II 734 m
  9. King's Quality Stores Grade II 741 m
  10. Houses West of Eastell Cottage Grade II 746 m