Arch 8 Metres North East of Blo' Norton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Arch.

Arch 8 Metres North East of Blo' Norton Hall

WRENN ID
high-solder-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
Arch
OS grid reference
TM 008 796
Coordinates
52.37819, 0.94946
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a free-standing arch located 8 meters north-east of Blo' Norton Hall, dating from 1564. It is constructed of partly plastered rubbed brick and features two square piers that flank a four-centred arch. The arch has a hollow and wave moulded design with a panelled intrados beneath a square hood. The spandrels contain cusped fretted panels. A fluted frieze supports a square finial, which bears the inscription "1564" between swept overthrows.

Local climate

Arch 8 Metres North East of Blo' Norton Hall sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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