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

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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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