Simonds Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Simonds Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- moated-chancel-plum
- 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
- Simonds Farmhouse, Gissing, NR15 2EL
- OS grid reference
- TM 142 874
- Coordinates
- 52.44332, 1.1515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Simonds Farmhouse is a mid to late 19th century house constructed of red brick with yellow brick dressings. It features a pantile roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys high with three bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and there is a central glazed door that is sheltered by a simple wooden porch. Brick chimney stacks are located at each end of the house. At the rear, there is a 17th century timber-frame wing that has been entirely encased in 19th century red brick. Inside the wing, there is a chamfered ceiling beam and joists.
Local climate
Simonds 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
- 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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