Twyford House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. A Early C19 House.
Twyford House
- WRENN ID
- dusted-turret-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early C19
- Address
- Twyford House, Stone Lane
- OS grid reference
- TG 016 242
- Coordinates
- 52.7784, 0.98794
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Twyford House is an early 19th-century house constructed of gault brick and topped with a slate roof. The building has a roughly square plan and features lower service extensions. It stands two storeys high and has five bays of sash windows with glazing bars, all set beneath skewback arches. The central entrance is highlighted by a Roman Doric porch, which is supported by a pair of fluted columns and pilasters that hold up an entablature adorned with triglyphs and gouttae. Additional architectural details include a plain stucco platband, a moulded wooden cornice, and a hipped roof.
Local climate
Twyford House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
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