Fitton Oake is a Grade II* listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 July 1951. A Tudor House. 1 related planning application.

Fitton Oake

WRENN ID
gilded-flint-jay
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 July 1951
Type
House
Period
Tudor
Address
Fitton Oake, Fitton Road, Wiggenhall St. Germans, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE34 3AU
OS grid reference
TF 594 134
Coordinates
52.69564, 0.35777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fitton Oake is a house built between 1570 and 1577, which was restored from 1976 to 1980. It is constructed of brick and has a pantiled roof. The building has a Latin cross plan with a two-storey porch on the east side of the long arm. It features two storeys and an attic, with the east front set on a plinth that is offset at the first floor. The gabled tower porch has chamfered corners and a four-centred arch over a 20th-century door, which is sheltered by a hood of moulded brick with label stops. A similar hood is found over the first floor and attic windows. All windows are casements from the 1976-80 restoration.

To the north, there is a cross wing with a gabled roof, featuring details similar to the main building, a 20th-century porch, and a French window on the ground floor. The chimney stack has triple hexagonal flues on a square plinth at the junction of the cruciform structure. The south gable wall was rebuilt in the 18th century and includes tumbling and an internal stack, while the north gable rests on kneelers and has a blocked attic window. The west elevation mirrors the east, with the cross wing largely resembling that on the east but with altered window openings and octagonal stepped corner turrets that once had pinnacles. A terracotta plaque dated 1577 is located in the gable head. There are also a pair of engaged octagonal pinnacles against the west wall of the long arm opposite the tower porch. The interior is of little interest, except for a chamfered bridging beam in the lounge that has a sunk hollow moulding inscribed with "T 1570 W."

Local climate

Fitton Oake 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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