Yew Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A Medieval House. 4 related planning applications.
Yew Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- peeling-frieze-lake
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Yew Tree Farmhouse, Low Road, Forncett, NR16 1JJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 167 946
- Coordinates
- 52.50631, 1.19223
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 15th-century Wealden house, originally timber-framed and now plastered. The floors at each end are jettied, creating an overhanging effect. The steeply pitched hipped roof is covered with pantiles. The house has two storeys and attics. 19th-century casement windows are visible, and a modern door is positioned to the left of centre, set in front of a brick chimney stack. Later gabled dormers have been added. Inside, there is a screens passage with a screen and a wall dividing the main area from a service room, featuring two arched openings with carved spandrels.
Local climate
Yew Tree Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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