Calvers Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A C17 or earlier Farmhouse.
Calvers Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- cold-bronze-sepia
- 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
- Calvers Farmhouse, Norwich Road, Scole
- OS grid reference
- TM 163 811
- Coordinates
- 52.38596, 1.17706
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Calvers Farmhouse is a 17th century or earlier timber-frame house that has been rendered. It features a later low-pitched hipped roof covered with pantiles and an off-centre brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys, with two windows on the first floor and three windows on the ground floor, which are modern reproduction mullion windows. There is a 19th century gabled porch located in front of the chimney stack, and a later timber-frame wing has been added at the rear.
Local climate
Calvers Farmhouse 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 93% 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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