Morley Old Hall is a Grade I listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. A Circa 1600 House. 10 related planning applications.
Morley Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- drifting-bastion-alder
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Morley Old Hall, NR18 9TT
- OS grid reference
- TM 055 983
- Coordinates
- 52.54454, 1.03042
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morley Old Hall is a house dating to around 1600. It is constructed of brick in English bond, with plaintiled roofs, and follows a “U” plan. The house is two storeys high, with a further two storeys of attics. It features four bays of brick windows with ovolo mouldings, mullions, and transoms, which have been considerably renewed and are topped with ogee-moulded pediments. There are two dormers with crow-stepped gables, each containing a three-light mullioned and transomed window with a pediment and a single circular window (oculus) above, also with a pediment. A moulded brick cornice runs along the top, and the main gables are crow-stepped. A large external brick stack is located to the rear, featuring two polygonal shafts. An external stack on the south side incorporates a garderobe projection and also has two polygonal shafts. The original staircase has six ramps and solid hardwood treads. The roof displays an interesting structure, with principal rafters connected to the tie beams by elbowed wall-posts, because the attic floor is well below the level of the wall-plate. The site is surrounded by a moat.
Local climate
Morley Old Hall 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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