Model Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1983. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Model Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- odd-soffit-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Model Farmhouse, Brickfield Loke, Costessey
- OS grid reference
- TG 155 120
- Coordinates
- 52.66357, 1.18666
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Model Farmhouse, originally a pair of estate cottages built around 1840, is constructed of red brick and features slate roofs. The building has a U-shaped plan with gabled wings and a central low extension at the rear. It stands two storeys high and consists of four bays. The windows have chamfered reveals and are fitted with cast iron casement windows that have elongated diamond panes. Notable architectural details include diagonally set chimneys and decorative barge boards.
Local climate
Model Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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