Dunham Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1951. Mansion.

Dunham Lodge

WRENN ID
bitter-bailey-raven
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 December 1951
Type
Mansion
Address
Dunham Lodge, Little Dunham
OS grid reference
TF 877 128
Coordinates
52.68078, 0.77565
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dunham Lodge is a mansion built in 1783, as noted in Whites Directory, and 1785 according to the rainwater hoppers. It is constructed of brick with some stone and has slate roofs. The building stands three storeys tall with a low ground floor and features a facade of five bays, each with sash windows that have glazing bars and are set beneath skewback arches. The front door, which leads to the "piano nobile," is accessed via double sweeping staircases adorned with metal railings. The entrance consists of a panelled two-leaf door topped with a traceried semicircular fanlight, framed by a stone doorcase with pilasters and an overlapping architrave. The cornice is moulded stone and gault brick, featuring dentilation and a parapet.

On the north elevation, there is a full-height apsidal bay with three semicircular-headed windows on the first floor. At the rear, there is a lower service wing. Inside, the mansion boasts a stone staircase with square-sectioned iron balusters, modern iron scrollwork, and a swept mahogany handrail. The hall features a traceried fanlight, while the drawing room is highlighted by a screen of pilasters and a pair of fluted columns with Ionic volutes on the capitals. Some original plaster cornices remain intact.

Local climate

Dunham Lodge 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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