Vassars is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Vassars
- WRENN ID
- solemn-spandrel-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Vassars, Common Road, East Tuddenham, NR20 3AH
- OS grid reference
- TG 078 110
- Coordinates
- 52.65705, 1.07199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former farmhouse, dating to the late 18th century with a 17th-century core. It is built of colourwashed brick and has a roof of black pantiles. The front facade is symmetrical, with three bays featuring four 3-light and one 2-light mullion and transom windows with leaded glazing and metal casements. There are skewback arches above the windows. A raised and fielded panelled front door is set within an architrave doorcase and topped with a moulded pediment. A sawtooth cornice runs along the top of the building. Three blocked 17th-century windows are visible in the south gable-end, each with a rectangular hood mould. A single gable-end stack is also present. Later extensions have been added to the sides and rear of the building. The house has a historical association as the birthplace of Matthew Vassar (born 1792), the founder of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York state.
Local climate
Vassars sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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