Low Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 5 related planning applications.
Low Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-terrace-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Low Farmhouse, Cargate Common, Tibenham, NR16 1QH
- OS grid reference
- TM 135 907
- Coordinates
- 52.47329, 1.14313
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Farmhouse is a 17th and 18th century house of timber-frame construction, now largely brick-faced. The house has a steep roof covered with black glazed pantiles, featuring gable ends. It extends as a long range with five widely-spaced windows on two storeys. The windows are 19th-century casements, with keyblocked heads on the ground floor. A brick chimney stack is located near the east end and in the centre of the building. Inside, there are chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Low 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2000
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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