Granary Immediately North-East of Thorpe Abbotts Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Granary.

Granary Immediately North-East of Thorpe Abbotts Hall

WRENN ID
secret-banister-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Granary
Address
Granary Immediately North-East of Thorpe Abbotts Hall, Scole Road, Brockdish
OS grid reference
TM 186 789
Coordinates
52.36509, 1.21054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The granary located immediately north-east of Thorpe Abbotts Hall is a 17th to 18th century timber-frame structure featuring cart sheds beneath. It is weatherboarded and topped with a steep tiled roof that has gabled ends. The building has two storeys, with the first floor serving as the granary, which is accessed by external steps leading to a loft door at one end. The cart sheds below have been partly blocked, and a modern garage door has been inserted.

Local climate

Granary Immediately North-East of Thorpe Abbotts Hall 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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