Diggens Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Diggens Farmhouse

WRENN ID
open-gravel-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Diggens Farmhouse, Buxton Road, Aylsham, NR11 6UB
OS grid reference
TG 200 260
Coordinates
52.78752, 1.26168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Diggens Farmhouse is an 18th-century building constructed of red brick with a steeply-pitched black-glazed pantile roof. The farmhouse has two storeys and features casement windows with flat gauged arches. Its facade is composed of four bays and includes modillion eaves, a moulded brick string course, and corner pilasters. The north side has a shaped gable, and there are internal gable chimney stacks. Additionally, there is a lower wing on the north side.

Local climate

Diggens Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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