The Old Beams is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage.
The Old Beams
- WRENN ID
- slow-marble-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Beams, Bentley Road, Forncett
- OS grid reference
- TM 142 939
- Coordinates
- 52.50103, 1.15463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Beams is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed cottage range located in Forncett End. The building has been rendered and extensively restored. It features a thatched roof with gable ends and three eyebrow dormers. The cottage is one storey high with an attic and has three modern casement windows with glazing bars. There is a central modern door with a modern porch, and the chimney stacks have been rebuilt in brick.
Local climate
The Old Beams 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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