Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. School, house. 2 related planning applications.
Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-gallery-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- School, house
- Address
- Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House, Church Lane, NR19 2QH
- OS grid reference
- TF 960 153
- Coordinates
- 52.70049, 0.89977
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a school and school house, built in 1842. It was erected by John David Hay Hill of Gressenhall Hall. The building is constructed of brick with painted stone dressings, and has slate roofs. The plan is irregular, with the school house attached to the north. The school house is a two-story, three-bay building with a slightly projecting, gabled central bay. This bay features a three-light mullion and transom window on the first floor, set beneath a four-centred arch. A shield is set in the gable. Five flat-headed windows, each with three lights and arched lights beneath rectangular hood moulds, are also present. A pair of identical doorways, with four-centred arches and boarded doors fitted with ornate hinges, are located at the junction with the school building. An axial chimney stack features a sawtooth cornice and narrow pilaster strips. The school itself is a single-story building, with a slightly projecting, gabled centre bay containing a Gothic window similar to the one on the school house. It is flanked by one two-light and one three-light flat-headed window, each with arched lights and rectangular hood moulds. The school has a pair of octagonal chimney shafts. Rear extensions have been added to both buildings.
Local climate
Gressenhall Voluntary Aided School and School House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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