Upper Vaunce's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.
Upper Vaunce's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rough-lancet-claret
- 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
- Upper Vaunce's Farmhouse, the Back Road, Pulham St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TM 197 844
- Coordinates
- 52.41405, 1.23037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Vaunce's Farmhouse is a 17th century timber-frame house that has been plastered. It features a steep slate roof with gabled ends and an off-centre brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys and three widely spaced windows, which include 19th century and modern casements. The north side has been enhanced with an early 19th century addition that has a lean-to black glazed pantile roof. This addition is also two storeys high and consists of three bays, with three early 19th century casements on the first floor and sashes with glazing bars on the ground floor. The central doorway is framed with a moulded architrave, cornice, and a panelled door.
Local climate
Upper Vaunce's 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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