Somerset Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Somerset Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- graven-oriel-plum
- 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
- Somerset Farmhouse, Station Road, Forncett, NR16 1HZ
- OS grid reference
- TM 168 933
- Coordinates
- 52.49527, 1.19322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th and 19th century farmhouse, potentially with an earlier core. It is constructed of painted brick and has a hipped roof covered with pantiles. A central brick chimney stack rises from the roof. The house is two storeys high and features two widely spaced windows, each with keyblocks incorporated into the lintels. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars. A central panelled door provides access to the house.
Local climate
Somerset 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 89% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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