Alexander's Farmhouse Alexandra Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1977. A C17 Farmhouse.
Alexander's Farmhouse Alexandra Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- grim-trefoil-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1977
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Alexander's Farmhouse Alexandra Farmhouse, Norwich Road, Hingham
- OS grid reference
- TG 035 023
- Coordinates
- 52.58085, 1.00303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Alexander's Farmhouse, also known as Alexandra Farmhouse, is a 17th century farmhouse constructed with a timber frame and faced in plaster. It features a pantile roof with gable ends and stands two storeys tall. The building has four windows on the front; the first floor includes three modern casements and one small old three-light casement with leaded panes. On the ground floor, there are three 19th century two and three-light casements along with central modern French windows. The farmhouse has brick chimney stacks. On the rear (east) side, there are three old two and three-light casements with leaded panes, as well as a modern ground floor conservatory and a lean-to at the end. Inside, the farmhouse showcases exposed timber-framing and chamfered beams.
Local climate
Alexander's Farmhouse Alexandra 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 95% 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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