Flashpit Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Farmhouse.

Flashpit Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crumbling-crypt-ivory
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1952
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Flashpit Farmhouse, Aylsham Road, Blickling
OS grid reference
TG 184 279
Coordinates
52.80521, 1.23924
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Flashpit Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse constructed of red brick with a pantiled roof, and a porch that is also plaintiled. The building has three storeys at the front and two storeys at the rear. Its symmetrical facade features three bays: the ground floor has cross-casements with glazing bars, the first floor has cruciform sashes with glazing bars, and the second floor has 2-light casements. There are gauged arches above the openings on the ground and first floors. The central porch is adorned with a pediment supported by Tuscan columns, and it has later glazing and doors. The entrance door consists of six panels, is partly glazed, and has a rectangular fanlight above it. The farmhouse has a modillion eaves cornice and parapet gables with moulded eaves corbels, along with internal chimney stacks. At the rear, there is a catslide extension featuring sashes and casements, and a large external stack is located at the south-east corner.

Local climate

Flashpit Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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