The Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1984. Dairy. 10 related planning applications.
The Dairy
- WRENN ID
- waiting-fireplace-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1984
- Type
- Dairy
- Address
- The Dairy, Melton Constable, NR24 2NG
- OS grid reference
- TG 035 314
- Coordinates
- 52.84233, 1.02142
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dairy is a c.1840 dairy building constructed of gault brick with a brown glazed pantile roof. It is a two-storey, three-bay facade with a rear outshut. The design is Tudor-Gothic in style. The facade features three ground-floor and three first-floor sash windows with glazing bars, each beneath a brick drip mould hood. Moulded kneelers and cornice are also present. The outshut has two sash windows with glazing bars and moulded brick eaves above wooden mouldings. A massive central brick stack rises from the rear eaves, with a stuccoed base and four octagonal shafts, three of which remain, featuring brick star pattern copings. The interior consists of simple rectangular rooms and shows no evidence of original built-in furniture. The dairy forms a group with Dairy Cottage and Dairy Farm House.
Local climate
The Dairy receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 19 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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