Lilac Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse.
Lilac Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- noble-ashlar-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lilac Farmhouse, Great Green, Bunwell
- OS grid reference
- TM 119 936
- Coordinates
- 52.49945, 1.12125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac Farmhouse is an early 17th century timber-frame house that is plastered. It features a thatched roof with gabled ends and has an L-shaped plan. The building includes a prominent moulded brick central chimney stack with lozenge-shaped shafts. It is two storeys high, with the south wing also having two storeys and an attic, which includes attic windows in the gable ends. The house has early 19th century and modern casement windows. A notable feature is the pedimented brick porch, which is supported by pilasters.
Local climate
Lilac 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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