Ancient House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
Ancient House
- WRENN ID
- western-niche-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ancient House, 27, the Thoroughfare, Redenhall with Harleston, IP20 9AS
- OS grid reference
- TM 245 834
- Coordinates
- 52.40293, 1.3001
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ancient House is a 16th-century timber-framed building with a plastered front, located on the west side of The Thoroughfare in Harleston. It features a steeply-pitched black glazed pantile roof with gable ends, and it stands two storeys high with an attic. The building has two windows, which are three-light mullion/transom casements. The first floor overhangs on moulded brackets and a carved bressumer. The ground floor has a late 19th-century pilastered shop front with a cornice and a blind case, along with a moulded doorcase on the left that contains a late 19th-century panelled door. There is also a later wedge-shaped dormer and a large brick chimney with four diagonally set brick flues. Inside, the building features moulded ceiling beams.
Local climate
Ancient House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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