Village Hall and Hall Farm House Forecourt is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Hall, farmhouse.
Village Hall and Hall Farm House Forecourt
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-corbel-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North MP: Alice Macdonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Hall, farmhouse
- Address
- Village Hall and Hall Farm House Forecourt, Church Street, Old Catton
- OS grid reference
- TG 231 122
- Coordinates
- 52.66165, 1.29826
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Village Hall and Hall Farm House Forecourt is a former orangery from the late 18th century, later converted into a farmhouse. It is constructed of gault brick and stucco, topped with a concrete smut tile roof. The building features a double pile design with 20th-century additions on both the east and west sides.
The facade of the Village Hall, facing south, consists of five bays adorned with Ionic pilasters, a plain timber cornice, and an entablature. Between the pilasters are 20th-century sash windows that have glazing bars and semi-circular heads, each with keyblocks shaped like masks. The central entrance has been modified to include 20th-century doors with a fanlight featuring glazing bars. To the south of the hall, there is a shallow stone-paved area that is said to have been a skating rink.
The northern section of the building serves as the farmhouse for the Model Farm. Its north elevation has three windows and an off-center entrance door, along with large three and four-light casement windows set in reveals with segmental arched recesses. There is also an inserted flush panelled door with a fanlight that has glazing bars. One of the windows on the right displays 'Gothick' tracery, while the first floor features two-light casements. The building has corbelled brick eaves, hipped roofs, and a central valley stack. This structure is included for its group value with Catton Hall.
Local climate
Village Hall and Hall Farm House Forecourt sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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