Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Farmhouse.

Old Hall Farmhouse

WRENN ID
scarred-arch-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Old Hall Farmhouse, Dereham Road, Shipdham
OS grid reference
TF 947 062
Coordinates
52.61881, 0.87525
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with re-facing and extensions added in the 18th century. The main block is timber framed and faced with brick, while there is a brick extension and pantile roofs. The building is arranged in a T-plan due to the 18th-century rear extension and consists of two storeys with an attic and cellar.

The symmetrical facade is divided into three bays by plain giant pilasters. It features five bays of 19th-century sash windows with vertical glazing bars set beneath skewback arches. The entrance has a 20th-century two-leaf raised and fielded panelled door, framed by an 18th-century brick doorcase with a pair of Roman Doric pilasters supporting an entablature with a moulded brick cornice. Additional decorative elements include moulded brick eaves brackets and lion's head ogee gutters. There is an off-centre axial stack topped with an arcaded chimney shaft, and the north gable end has a truncated external stack that conceals a pair of lunette windows in the gable. The gable also features four 19th-century sash windows and tumbling-in.

Inside, several original features remain, including a plain-chamfered mullion window, some fireplaces, and chamfered beams. There is also some 18th-century raised and fielded panelling and an 18th-century collar and butt-purlin roof. The farmhouse is situated on a moated site.

Local climate

Old Hall Farmhouse 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 79% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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