The Abbey is a Grade I listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1951. A Georgian Mansion. 2 related planning applications.
The Abbey
- WRENN ID
- long-hammer-foxglove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1951
- Type
- Mansion
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Abbey, High Street, Walsingham, NR22 6DQ
- OS grid reference
- TF 935 367
- Coordinates
- 52.89323, 0.87515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey, originally part of an Augustinian Priory, incorporates remains of the medieval Priory within its structure. The building as it currently exists is a mansion that was rebuilt in 1806, featuring a brick house with stone dressings from 1720. The 1806 facade is made of ashlar and has a low-pitched hipped slate roof, a pediment, a cornice, a parapet, and angle pilasters. It is three storeys high with a layout of 1:3:1 bays, where the central three bays are topped with a large pediment that displays a coat of arms. All windows are sashes with glazing bars, and the ground and first floors on the right and left have Venetian windows. There is a central porch supported by columns and an entablature. The left (south) wing is set back and has two storeys with a blind attic in the parapet, featuring irregular fenestration with some sashes blocked, and a doorway with columns and an entablature. Inside, there are well-preserved rooms and a stairwell with a lantern from 1806, as well as a music room dating from around 1846.
Local climate
The Abbey receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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