Hannays is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Residential.

Hannays

WRENN ID
idle-trefoil-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Residential
Address
Hannays, Low Road, Forncett
OS grid reference
TM 166 943
Coordinates
52.50359, 1.19077
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hannays is a 17th century timber-framed house that has been plastered. It features a pantile roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys tall. The building has two windows, which include 18th century casements and a large modern window on the ground floor. There is a central lean-to porch that has a fielded-panel door, positioned in front of an off-centre brick chimney stack.

Local climate

Hannays sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 65% 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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