Wood Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Wood Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tenth-alcove-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wood Farmhouse, Fairstead Lane, Hempnall, NR15 2RF
OS grid reference
TM 222 954
Coordinates
52.51118, 1.27445
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wood Farmhouse is a 17th-century brick house located on Fairstead Lane in Hempnall. It features a steep black glazed pantile roof with parapeted gable ends and has two storeys. The building has a five-window range, with large modern casements. A moulded doorcase with a cornice and a panelled door is situated in front of the chimney stack, which is off centre, with an additional chimney stack at the east end.

Local climate

Wood 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 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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