Laurel Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse.
Laurel Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ruined-gallery-fog
- 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
- Laurel Farmhouse, Skinner's Lane, Starston
- OS grid reference
- TM 229 854
- Coordinates
- 52.42185, 1.27787
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurel Farmhouse is a 17th century timber-frame house that is faced in brick. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends and an off-centre brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys and three widely spaced windows, which are 18th or 19th century casements. There are two modern doors, one located in front of the chimney stack. A later external brick stack is present on the north end of the house. Additionally, there is a 19th century single storey wing on the north-west side, creating an L-shaped plan.
Local climate
Laurel Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 66% 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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