Drayton Lodge is a Grade II* listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1952. Plaisance, ruin.
Drayton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-cobalt-sepia
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North MP: Alice Macdonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 1952
- Type
- Plaisance, ruin
- Address
- Drayton Lodge, Drayton High Road
- OS grid reference
- TG 186 131
- Coordinates
- 52.67199, 1.23245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drayton Lodge is a ruined "plaisance" dating from the early 15th century, constructed of soft pale red brick. It has a rectangular plan and was originally two storeys high, featuring drum towers at each corner. The brickwork is in English bond and shows patches of 16th-century brick on the north and south faces. The drum towers have slit windows, with arches over the internal splayed reveals. The remains of former arched entrances can be seen from the drums leading into the interior.
On the south wall, there is a central door opening with a four-centred arch, accompanied by a window opening to its west. Above this, three slit windows are present, all with splayed internal reveals. The west wall contains the remains of a fireplace with a tapered flue above, which now has a later doorway. There is also evidence of seating for a transverse first-floor beam in the south wall, and some small areas of plaster remain. The building is designated as a scheduled ancient monument and is graded II* for its early brickwork.
Local climate
Drayton Lodge 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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