Griston Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. A C16 Farmhouse.

Griston Hall

WRENN ID
fossil-crypt-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1951
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
TL 933 988
Coordinates
52.55323, 0.8505
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Griston Hall is a house that has been converted into a farmhouse, dating from the late 16th century. It is constructed of brick and features a tiled and pantiled roof. The building has two storeys and an attic, arranged in two ranges. The west range includes a central gabled porch with a parapet and plain tiles, featuring a four-centred arch. Above the porch is a date stone inscribed with "1597." On either side of the porch are 19th-century casement windows that fill original openings, which are marked by flat brick hoods above. There are two similar windows above these, also in reduced openings beneath segmental arches. The gables are parapeted and supported by kneelers, with a triple diamond stack on the left gable and a double stack on the right.

The east range is slightly later and has two storeys with similar windows on the ground floor, as well as two small casements located under the eaves. It features a pantiled gabled roof with a parapet on kneelers and an east-facing double, shafted diamond stack. The rear of the building has blocked windows on both floors, although a hood mould remains on the west side. There is a 19th-century casement window in the centre and a door to the right under a segmental arch. Additionally, there is a cross wing to the east with a gabled roof, which has 20th-century fenestration and a 20th-century entrance outshut.

Local climate

Griston Hall 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 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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