Colkirk House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Colkirk House

WRENN ID
gentle-oriel-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1984
Type
House
Address
Colkirk House, Hall Lane
OS grid reference
TF 920 264
Coordinates
52.80177, 0.84779
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Colkirk House is a large house dated 1834, located on Colkirk Hall Lane. It is constructed of gault brick, with some red brick and stone, and features concrete tiled roofs. The main block is designed as a cross wing, with gable ends that are only slightly advanced compared to the double pile service wing. The house has two storeys with attics and vaulted cellars.

The main facade faces north and consists of three bays, featuring a pedimented and slightly advanced central bay flanked by plain paired pilasters. It has sash windows with glazing bars set beneath skewback arches. A stone porch with pilasters and a deep plain entablature leads to a narrow semicircular flanking window and a two-leaf panelled door. Additional decorative elements include a moulded brick platband, moulded cornices, and arms in the central pediment with the motto "cor unum via una." The angles and pedimented gable ends are also adorned with paired pilasters.

The rear wing has three bays with sash windows that also have glazing bars beneath skewback arches, and raised panels above the first-floor windows. The south facade is made of red brick and features slightly advanced lateral bays with broken pediments that form imposts for semicircular headed windows.

Inside, there is a fine stone flying staircase with decorative cast iron balusters, a lantern, and plasterwork. The hall features three groin vaulted, three-centred bays, and the main rooms showcase fine Regency plasterwork. There is also a late 19th-century fireplace with abstract geometrical motifs designed by Jekyll and produced by Barnard, Bishop and Barnard of Norwich.

Local climate

Colkirk House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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