Lexham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Mansion.
Lexham Hall
- WRENN ID
- over-merlon-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1951
- Type
- Mansion
- OS grid reference
- TF 866 171
- Coordinates
- 52.71995, 0.76219
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lexham Hall is a mansion dating from around 1700, with later additions and restorations completed by J.F. Watson in 1948. The building is constructed of colour washed brick and features slate roofs. The original house has a long rectangular shape, with an 18th-century wing added to the east end of the south side, which now serves as the entrance facade. A rear extension was added in the late 18th century. The mansion has two storeys, attics, and cellars.
The north facade, which was the original entrance facade, has seven bays of sash windows with glazing bars set beneath skewback arches, with the eastern four bays being blind and painted. The three central bays are slightly advanced and feature a Victorian two-storey porch added to the centre bay. The facade includes a wide moulded platband, rusticated quoins, and a restored modillion cornice, along with five flat-roofed dormers.
The current entrance facade also has seven bays of sash windows with glazing bars, with six of the southern bays being blind, all beneath skewback arches. It features a pedimented central porch designed by J.F. Watson, along with fixed jalousie shutters, and a cornice and platband similar to the north facade. There are three gabled dormers on this facade.
The south facade at the eastern end has five bays of sash windows with glazing bars beneath skewback arches, with French windows in the centre bay beneath a segmental arch. This facade also includes fixed jalousie shutters and features a cornice and platband like the north facade. The remainder of the south facade is recessed and includes a staircase bay with a fine Venetian window. There is a doorway with a rusticated surround and a scrolled pediment adorned with a festoon, designed by J.F. Watson. Additionally, there is a conservatory also created by J.F. Watson, and some late 18th-century plasterwork, including one plaster-panelled room.
Local climate
Lexham Hall receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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