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

Primrose Farmhouse

WRENN ID
upper-paling-flax
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
Primrose Farmhouse, Shelton Green, Shelton and Hardwick
OS grid reference
TM 231 905
Coordinates
52.46746, 1.28362
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Primrose Farmhouse is a 17th-century timber-frame house that has been encased in red brick during the late 19th century. It features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends and has a rebuilt brick chimney stack that is off centre with octagonal flues. The house includes a moulded brick eaves cornice with dentils and is one storey with an attic. There is a range of three windows, which are 19th-century casements, along with three gabled dormers. A gabled brick porch is located in front of the chimney stack. Inside, the farmhouse has stopped chamfered ceiling beams and joists, as well as exposed timber-framing.

Local climate

Primrose 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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