Wheatacre House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 October 1987. Rectory. 2 related planning applications.

Wheatacre House

WRENN ID
small-thatch-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 October 1987
Type
Rectory
Address
Wheatacre House, Church Road
OS grid reference
TM 456 940
Coordinates
52.48868, 1.61646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheatacre House is a former rectory built in the late 18th century. It features red brick construction and pantiled roofs, with a hipped roof over the front range. The building has two and a half storeys and a T-shaped plan, with the main facade facing south and consisting of five symmetrical bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars, and there are gauged skewback arches above the openings. The central doorway is adorned with an open pediment supported by pilasters and includes a semi-circular fanlight with radiating glazing bars. The door itself has six panels and a panelled reveal. A wooden modillion eaves cornice runs along the top, and there are two chimney stacks symmetrically placed behind the ridge line. The east, west, and north sides feature brick dentil eaves. To the north, there is a two and a half storey range with sashes and casements that also have glazing bars, along with an internal chimney stack at the north gable. The west side has two gabled dormers, while the east side includes two catslide extensions with a lean-to in between, featuring 19th-century casements with segmental heads. A single sash with glazing bars provides light to the staircase.

Local climate

Wheatacre House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • 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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