Parsonage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 3 related planning applications.
Parsonage
- WRENN ID
- lost-hearth-gilt
- 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
- Parsonage, the Street, Hempnall
- OS grid reference
- TM 240 944
- Coordinates
- 52.50229, 1.29985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Parsonage is a 17th to 18th century house located on the north side of The Street in Hempnall. It features a plastered timber frame with a brick front that dates from the 18th century. The building has a steep peg-tile roof with gabled ends and a large brick chimney stack positioned near the west end. It is two storeys high with an attic and includes one hipped dormer. The façade has a range of four windows, consisting of two-light casements with leafed panes, and a large multi-light window on the ground floor. The west end has a doorway with a Gibbs surround and a panelled door. At the rear, there is a gabled wing that forms an L-shaped plan and is also plastered. The east side is faced in brick and features an embattled parapet, with two storeys and three bays, including a central four-centred arch alcove on the ground floor.
Local climate
Parsonage 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 91% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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