Limetree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Limetree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- north-mantel-poplar
- 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
- Limetree Farmhouse, Common Road, Shelfanger, IP22 2DR
- OS grid reference
- TM 100 843
- Coordinates
- 52.41654, 1.0869
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Limetree Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, with a probable 16th-century wing on the north-west that creates an L-shaped plan. The house is timber-framed and rendered, with the 17th-century section fronted in late 19th-century yellow brick. It has a steeply pitched roof covered in black glazed pantiles with gabled ends. A brick chimney stack is located off-centre, featuring diagonally set shafts. The farmhouse is two storeys high with an attic. Late 19th-century windows with three lights and mullions are present. A late 19th-century gabled porch is situated off-centre, in front of the chimney stack. The east gable features original carved brackets, while the west gable has ovolo moulded mullion windows. An early 19th-century moulded doorcase with a cornice and panelled door is located at the rear (south). The interior of the 17th-century range includes moulded chamfered beams with carved stops.
Local climate
Limetree 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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