Low Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Low Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-arch-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Low Farmhouse, Low Road, Keswick and Intwood, NR4 6TX
- OS grid reference
- TG 202 050
- Coordinates
- 52.59819, 1.25134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Farmhouse is a 16th-century farmhouse that is timber-framed and rendered, with a plain tile roof. The building consists of three cells and a chimney bay, and it has two storeys plus an attic. There is an off-centre axial stack on the left side.
On the east facade, there is a timber post at the left quoin, with the ground floor of the chimney bay and central cell projecting forward. The ground floor features two and three-light casements, along with a doorway leading to the third cell. The first floor has three and four-light casements, with small fixed lights in the chimney bay. The left return has a colourwashed brick skin and a small lean-to, while the right return includes a one-and-a-half storey brick lean-to under pantiles, with the gable rendered.
The rear facade faces west, with the first cell having a two-light casement on the ground floor and a three-light casement on the first floor. The centre cell features French windows on the ground floor and a three-light casement on the first floor. There are 16th-century openings with lozenge wood mullions in the chimney bay and third cell, including a three-light casement on the first floor of the chimney bay, a four-light casement on the ground floor, and a seven-light casement on the first floor of the third cell. There is also a small opening in the ground floor of the chimney bay.
Inside, the west wall has timber studs, and there is a large fireplace in both the first and central cells, along with large floor tiles. The house was referred to as The King's House Hall in the 18th century.
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 88% 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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