Old Common Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
Old Common Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- steep-brick-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Common Farmhouse, the Common, Fersfield, Bressingham, IP22 2BP
- OS grid reference
- TM 070 844
- Coordinates
- 52.41874, 1.04321
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Common Farmhouse is a 17th century house located in Bressingham, specifically on The Common. The building features a timber-frame construction that is both plastered and roughcast, topped with a thatched roof that has gabled ends. There is an off-centre brick chimney stack. The farmhouse stands two storeys tall and has 19th century casement windows. Additionally, there is a one-storey wing on the southeast side, which includes a modern brick extension.
Local climate
Old Common Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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