The Woodlands is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
The Woodlands
- WRENN ID
- riven-lantern-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Gressenhall, NR19 2NY
- OS grid reference
- TF 956 132
- Coordinates
- 52.68122, 0.89235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Woodlands is a farmhouse built around 1830. It is constructed of brick and features a slate roof on the main section, while the service extension has a pantile roof. The layout of the building forms the stem of a T plan. The facade has three bays with sash windows that include glazing bars, all set beneath skewback arches. There is a central doorway that is topped with a semicircular fanlight. The entrance has panelled reveals and an open pedimented doorcase supported by pilasters. The building also has wide eaves that rest on paired brackets and a hipped roof.
Local climate
The Woodlands 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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