St Peters Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.
St Peters Rectory
- WRENN ID
- night-granite-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- St Peters Rectory, Church Road, Forncett
- OS grid reference
- TM 165 928
- Coordinates
- 52.49052, 1.18808
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Peter's Rectory is an early 18th century house located on Forncett Church Road in Forncett St Peter. The building is constructed of colour-washed brick and features a steep pantile roof with shaped gable ends. It has two storeys and attics, with attic windows situated in the gabled ends. The facade consists of a 1:3:1 bay arrangement, with the central three bays flanked by brick rusticated pilasters. There is a string course at floor level, and the windows are sashes with glazing bars in exposed cases.
The central doorway is notable for its brick rusticated pilasters and doorcase, which includes reeded pilasters and entablatures, as well as fielded panel reveals and a fielded panel door. Above the doorway, there is a fire insurance plaque. At the rear of the building, there are two wings; one has a gabled roof while the other features a hipped roof. The attic window in the west gable and the windows in the rear wings are early 18th century mullion and transom casements with leaded panes.
Inside, the ground floor room includes fielded panelling, and there is a contemporary open well staircase with turned balusters and a moulded rail that ramps up to column newels.
Local climate
St Peters Rectory 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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