High House Stable Court and Curtain Wall Attached at East of High House is a Grade I listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 April 1987. A C19 Stable court. 6 related planning applications.

High House Stable Court and Curtain Wall Attached at East of High House

WRENN ID
tall-lime-ivy
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 April 1987
Type
Stable court
Period
C19
Address
High House Stable Court and Curtain Wall Attached at East of High House, West Acre, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 2BW
OS grid reference
TF 793 181
Coordinates
52.73128, 0.6547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High House Stable Court and the attached curtain wall to the east of High House were built around 1829 by architect W.J. Donthorn for Anthony Hamond. The stable court features high-quality Holkham gault brick facades, with a red brick interior, and has slated roofs. It is a rectangular single-storey structure with four two-storey flat-roofed angle towers and a screen wall to the west that connects to High House. The design is in a highly abstract Greek Revival style with primitive Soanic references.

The east range has a tripartite layout with a central carriage entrance that features a rubbed brick arched barrel vault. Above this entrance is a projecting wooden cornice and pediment, which includes a central rubbed brick arch oculus. The slightly recessed wings maintain the eaves level string course and parapet. The south front showcases a Soanic porch with two central and two angle Greek Doric antae, an entablature, and two projecting cornices, topped with an attic that has round-headed finials. The antae are also repeated in the interior of the porch.

On the north side, there is a projecting bay with slit windows. Each angle of the stable court has two-storey towers: the south-east contains the grooms' dormitory, the south-west houses the Norman servants', the north-west is the brewery, and the north-east is the hay loft. The ground floor has a recessed center with three windows separated by brick antae that support a frieze and entablature aligned with the lateral ranges. The first floor features a single narrow pilastered opening. The slightly projecting angle antae have upper-level slits, with the orthodox position above the capital omitted. The building is adorned with a stucco cornice, frieze, and projecting wooden eaves that are broken forward over the angles, with a recessed center and flat roofs.

Local climate

High House Stable Court and Curtain Wall Attached at East of High House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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