Flordon Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. A Post-Medieval Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Flordon Hall

WRENN ID
lone-niche-jackdaw
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Post-Medieval
Address
Flordon Hall, NR15 1RT
OS grid reference
TM 186 979
Coordinates
52.5358, 1.22289
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Flordon Hall is a farmhouse dating from between 1595 and 1612, featuring the arms of Robert Kemp and Dorothy née Harris on its porch. The building has a rendered and underbuilt timber frame, with a brick porch and brick gable-ends on the wings. There is some 19th-century brick facing on the sides and rear. The roofs are covered with plaintiles and pantiles, and the structure has a symmetrical E plan, standing two storeys high with attics.

The exterior includes polygonal angle buttresses with moulded stone finials on the porch and wings. The porch features an ovolo-moulded semi-circular headed arch within an ogee-moulded flat-headed surround, topped by a moulded pediment. Most of the windows are from the 19th and 20th centuries, set beneath segmental arches, but there are three original blocked window openings in the gables with plain rectangular hood-moulds. One surviving original window on the north side has five lights, with ovolo-moulded mullions and transom, saddle bars, and some diamond glazing. Some similar blocked frames are visible only from the inside. The exterior also displays some diapered brickwork, with external stacks at the rear and side wings featuring octagonal shafts.

Inside, the hall showcases high-quality timber framing with close studding, some moulded jowls, and ovolo-moulded principal beams. There are several original doors, both panelled and planked, with decorative H hinges and catches with loop-drop handles. A staircase is located at either end of the main block, with original treads present only at the northern end. The original principal rafter roof remains intact.

Local climate

Flordon Hall 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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