Windle Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Farmhouse.

Windle Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
floating-storey-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Windle Hill Farmhouse, Beccles Road, Gillingham
OS grid reference
TM 424 933
Coordinates
52.48442, 1.56939
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Windle Hill Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse constructed of red brick with dark headers, which was formerly limewashed. It features a hipped roof covered in smut pantiles. The building has two storeys and attics, with an L-shaped plan. The main facade faces east and is symmetrical, consisting of three bays with sashes that have glazing bars set in segmental headed openings. The central doorway has a six-panelled door topped by a rectangular fanlight with decorative glazing bars. This doorway is framed by a pilastered doorcase that includes a fluted frieze and a dentilled cornice, along with panelled reveals. There is a platband at the first-floor level and a brick dentilled eaves cornice.

The fenestration on the north wall has been altered, with two blocked openings, a ground floor 20th-century cross casement with glazing bars, and a first-floor sash. At the rear, there is a later gabled 2.5-storey wing that has 20th-century casements. The west gable shows tumbling-in at the base and has an internal chimney stack, while the front range has two chimney stacks. Additionally, there are two entrance doors located at the north-east angle of the building.

Local climate

Windle Hill Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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