The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Rookery

WRENN ID
upper-sentry-hyssop
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
The Rookery, Fundenhall Street, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall, NR16 1DS
OS grid reference
TM 139 962
Coordinates
52.52218, 1.15181
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Rookery is a 17th-century timber-frame house. It has been rendered, with a steep roof covered in black glazed pantiles featuring gabled ends. A brick chimney stack is positioned off-centre. The house has two storeys and five windows, each with sash glazing bars. A modern porch, featuring fluted columns, has been added in front of the chimney stack. A one-story wing was added in the 19th century to the west end of the building.

Local climate

The Rookery 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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