Manor Farmhouse and Boundary Wall with Gate Piers is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Farmhouse, boundary wall.
Manor Farmhouse and Boundary Wall with Gate Piers
- WRENN ID
- second-ledge-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse, boundary wall
- Address
- Manor Farmhouse and Boundary Wall with Gate Piers, Coston Lane, Kimberley and Carleton Forehoe
- OS grid reference
- TG 061 053
- Coordinates
- 52.60712, 1.04316
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th and 18th centuries. The west wing, which is from the 17th century, is constructed of flint with occasional brick headers and brick dressings, while the east wing, built in the 18th century, is made of brick. The farmhouse has plaintiled roofs and is designed in an L shape, with two storeys and attics.
The west facade originally featured three bays with large windows, but most have been blocked or reduced, leaving only one bay with four arched lights that have rendered brick mullions. The north gable is stepped and has a massive stack that remains in part, despite the hipped roof added in the 18th century. There are two dormers with hipped roofs. The rear has been re-faced, and the east wing has been added. Notable features include three-light mullioned windows beneath cambered arches, a rectangular bay window, two simple doorways, and a dentiled plat-band. The east gable shows tumbling-in.
Additionally, there is a fine late 17th-century garden wall made of brick and flint, which includes rusticated brick gate piers.
Local climate
Manor Farmhouse and Boundary Wall with Gate Piers 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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