Howes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse.
Howes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tattered-loft-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Howes Farmhouse, Wood Lane, Shelton and Hardwick
- OS grid reference
- TM 218 910
- Coordinates
- 52.47216, 1.26488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Howes Farmhouse is a 17th century or earlier timber-frame house with a late 19th century addition. The building is plastered and features a long range with a steep black glazed pantile roof and gabled ends. The west end has been encased in red brick during the late 19th century, and there is an off-centre brick stack. The farmhouse has two storeys and an attic. On the south side, there is a late 19th century gabled wing made of red brick with a black glazed pantile roof. At the rear, there is a 17th century timber-frame wing that is plastered and has a steep pantile roof with a gabled end, along with 19th century casements.
Local climate
Howes Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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