Shimpling Place is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. A C16 House. 3 related planning applications.
Shimpling Place
- WRENN ID
- solitary-cornice-torch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shimpling Place, Dickleburgh Road, Burston and Shimpling, IP21 4UB
- OS grid reference
- TM 151 835
- Coordinates
- 52.4074, 1.16187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shimpling Place is a large 16th-century timber-framed house that has undergone alterations in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. It features gabled cross wings at both the east and west ends, with the east wing displaying a stepped gable. The larger west wing also has a stepped gable, along with octagonal angle shafts and pinnacles. The central range showcases exposed timber-framing with close-studding, while the ground floor is faced in 19th-century red brick. The east and west wings are rendered. The house has a steep tiled roof and black glazed pantile roofs. Although some original mullion windows remain, the majority have been replaced with 19th and 20th-century sash and casement windows. The building stands two storeys high with attics and features a brick chimney stack at the east end of the central range. Inside, there are stopped and chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
Shimpling Place sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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