Ivy Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1960. Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.
Ivy Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ruined-span-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1960
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ivy Farmhouse, Congham Road, Grimston, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1DW
- OS grid reference
- TF 719 227
- Coordinates
- 52.77466, 0.54828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Farmhouse is a farmhouse from the 17th century with an extension dated 1733. It is constructed of coursed galletted carstone with brick dressings and an eaves course, topped with pantiles and gable parapets. The building has three bays and two storeys, along with a two-bay, two-storey extension to the right that features a lean-to and an added range at the rear.
The principal facade faces east and includes large four-light casements under flat arches in bays one and three. In bay two, there is a renewed doorway with a two-light casement above on the first floor, and a small inserted window in the chimney bay to the right. The two-storey extension to the right has a cast iron plaque displaying the monogram ? YP and the date May 28, 1733, with two casements on the ground floor.
The left return to the south showcases 17th-century carstone rubble with brick quoins and an external stack made of galletted carstone blocks. The gable has been raised from one and a half to two storeys, with an inserted doorway to the left and a blocked first-floor window above.
At the rear, there is a one-bay, two-storey 19th-century range behind bay two, featuring a facing of small carstone with brick dressings. This section has two large openings on the south and west sides, with the ground floor openings under flat arches. The rear facade displays varied materials, including 17th and 18th-century brick, galletted and ungalletted carstone rubble, with upper courses in brick and a vertical join. The fenestration is varied and scattered, including a semi-circular headed fixed stair light with glazing bars.
Local climate
Ivy Farmhouse receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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
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