Humbletoft is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1972. House.
Humbletoft
- WRENN ID
- hushed-timber-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Humbletoft, Sandy Lane, Dereham
- OS grid reference
- TF 979 141
- Coordinates
- 52.68922, 0.92763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Humbletoft is a house originally built in the 17th century, featuring internal beams but now faced with red brick. It has an eaves cornice and a pantiled roof. The entrance porch is supported by Doric columns and includes a triglyph frieze and a pediment. The house has two storeys and an attic, with three windows and two dormers. On the north front, there are 20th-century additions at each end, with the western projection dated 1913.
Local climate
Humbletoft 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
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