Wolsey's Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1987. House.
Wolsey's Farm House
- WRENN ID
- slow-bronze-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wolsey's Farm House, Erpingham
- OS grid reference
- TG 185 303
- Coordinates
- 52.8264, 1.24193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wolsey's Farm House is a house that dates from the 18th century, with earlier and later elements. It is constructed of brick and features pantile and Belgian tile roofs. The central section, which is from the 18th century, has a barn to the left and a mainly 19th-century range to the right that has an earlier core. The central section has four bays and is two stories high, with a brick plinth and a moulded brick platband. The ground floor has 20th-century cross casements under gauged flat arches, while the first floor features soldier arches. The first bay has been partly rebuilt, with a doorway that is now partly blocked and a 20th-century window inserted. There is an off-centre axial stack. The right-hand two-story range has random 19th-century fenestration. The left-hand gable return is from an earlier structure, probably dating to the 16th century. The right-hand gable was constructed after 1945 due to damage from a V2 bomb. The barn to the left of the house is mostly from the 19th century and includes re-used timbers, with some 20th-century walling.
Inside, the right-hand range retains remains of timber-framing and features two 16th-century brick fireplaces, which are rendered, with the ground floor fireplace having been restored. There is a much-damaged brick stair beside the stack. The central part of the house has a roof supported by two rows of butt purlins and some windbraces.
Local climate
Wolsey's Farm House 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
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