Moat Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 April 1955. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Moat Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- high-hammer-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 April 1955
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Moat Farmhouse, Lessingham, NR12 0DW
- OS grid reference
- TG 385 283
- Coordinates
- 52.80033, 1.53675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moat Farmhouse comprises two distinct phases of development. The western part of the house dates from the late 17th century, while the eastern section was built in the early 19th century. The house is constructed primarily of brick, with the western block originally thatched and the eastern block now roofed with black glazed pantiles.
The western block is a two-storey structure with a flint plinth. A central door is flanked by casement windows, which have been altered and now set beneath segmental arches. A platband runs horizontally between the two floors. The first floor features a central blind window and two further casement windows. The roof is gabled with an internal gable end stack, and there is tumbling in the gable head. A two-storey 20th-century extension adjoins the north side, alongside a 20th-century outshut.
The eastern block is a two-storey, three-bay structure featuring a central panelled door within a timber frame. It has sash windows with glazing bars, each set beneath a gauged skewback arch; the first-floor sash windows were replaced in the late 19th century. A modillion timber eaves cornice runs along the roofline, and the roof is gabled with internal end stacks. The rear elevation has three windows, with a central ground-floor window blind. It also features sash windows with glazing bars and gauged skewback arches.
Local climate
Moat Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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