Furze Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Furze Farmhouse

WRENN ID
seventh-cornice-gilt
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
Furze Farmhouse, Short Green, Winfarthing, IP22 2EE
OS grid reference
TM 097 861
Coordinates
52.43315, 1.08417
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Furze Farmhouse is a 17th century house with a plastered timber-frame construction. It features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys tall. The front has two windows with modern casements and a modern glazed door, along with a central brick chimney stack. There is a long wing on the west end, which is also plastered and has a lower black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends, modern casements, and a modern glazed door. Inside, the farmhouse has stopped chamfered ceiling beams.

Local climate

Furze 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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