Entrance arch, walled garden and glasshouse to former All Hallows Convent is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 2022. Garden structure. 5 related planning applications.

Entrance arch, walled garden and glasshouse to former All Hallows Convent

WRENN ID
fallen-gallery-hazel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 February 2022
Type
Garden structure
Address
Entrance arch, walled garden and glasshouse to former All Hallows Convent, Belsey Bridge Road, Ditchingham, NR35 2DT
OS grid reference
TM 334 923
Coordinates
52.4793, 1.43624
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The entrance arch, walled garden, and glasshouse are associated with the former All Hallows Convent, built in 1859 to the designs of Henry Woodyer.

The entrance arch and walled garden are made of red brick, with the arch constructed in Flemish bond and the garden wall in Monk bond. The glasshouse is also made of red brick and features a glass roof. The arch serves as the entrance to the convent on Belsey Bridge Road. To its east side is the wall that encloses the north and east sides of the kitchen garden, with the glasshouse attached at a right angle to the east wall.

The exterior features a tall Gothic entrance arch with two orders, set within a high wall that has tiled saddleback coping and a dentilled cornice. To the right of the arch is a plank and batten door with a grille and strap hinge, positioned under a pointed brick arch and hoodmould. To the left of the archway, the wall shows tumbled brickwork where it slopes down to the lower height of the garden wall on the north and east sides.

The north wall, facing the road, has a brick plinth and the same prominent coping and cornice. The longer east wall features saddleback coping and regularly spaced buttresses, stepping down towards the south end as it goes up a slope, and it ends in a substantial brick pier with a pyramidal brick cap.

About halfway along the east wall, at a right angle to it, is a lean-to glasshouse, possibly used as a forcing house. Its rear wall, gable ends, and plinth are made of red brick, and the glazed roof has large rectangular panes set in vertical glazing bars. The rear wall is heated by two flues, with brick stacks that rise slightly above the ridge. The glasshouse can be accessed from the west side through a plank and batten door with strap hinges and a latch handle. Inside, the floor is laid with square clay tiles, and a raised bed runs along the long south side. It is ventilated by two openings on the rear wall, which still have their wooden sliding covers.

Local climate

Entrance arch, walled garden and glasshouse to former All Hallows Convent 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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