The Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Kennels
- WRENN ID
- guardian-minaret-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Kennels, Knights Lane, Shotesham
- OS grid reference
- TM 229 992
- Coordinates
- 52.54577, 1.28619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Kennels is a farmhouse that has been converted into two homes and is now a single residence again. It dates from the late 16th century and features a taller side addition from the 17th century. The building has a rendered timber frame, with some parts replaced by colour-washed brick, and is topped with thatched and pantiled roofs. The original cottage is one storey with an attic, while the addition has two storeys and an attic.
The windows date from around 1700 and include metal casements with original decorative spring latches, although some standard windows from the 20th century have been added. The original cottage has single dormers on both the front and rear, and the front door is located opposite the stack. The stack features three fine angled shafts in the gable end of the added section. Inside the original cottage, there are a pair of surviving service doors and beams with wide chamfers and stepped stops. A staircase is located on the entrance side of the stack, and the later addition has ogee and nicked chamfer stops. The original cottage also has butt-purlin roofs with wind bracing.
Local climate
The Kennels sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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