Willow Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Farmhouse.

Willow Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sunken-timber-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Willow Farmhouse, Norwich Road, Yaxham
OS grid reference
TG 005 105
Coordinates
52.65601, 0.96399
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Willow Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to the late medieval period, with improvements made in the 16th and 17th centuries, along with some modern additions. The building features a timber frame, rendered clay lump, and brick construction, topped with a pantile roof. It has a double pile plan, with the rear pile being timber framed and having floors and a stack inserted, while the front pile dates to the early 19th century. The exterior does not reveal any special interest. Inside, there is an inserted 16th-century roll-moulded bridging joist that extends onto the cornices. The first floor has one exposed 5-light mullion window with roll mouldings, hollow chamfers, and surviving wooden stay bars, as well as one partially exposed ovolo-moulded mullion window. Parts of the timber frame are exposed, featuring heavy scantling with original infill, and there is a 16th or 17th-century axial stack. The roof has been modernized.

Local climate

Willow Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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.

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