Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1977. Public building. 6 related planning applications.
Hill House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-plaster-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1977
- Type
- Public building
- Address
- Hill House, (South Norfolk District Council Offices), Pulham Market
- OS grid reference
- TM 186 875
- Coordinates
- 52.44207, 1.21517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill House, now South Norfolk District Council Offices, was built in 1836 by William Thorold, originally as a workhouse. The building is constructed of red brick with blue brick headers and has low-pitched slate roofs. Its design comprises a central octagon, topped with a bellcote, and four three-storey wings arranged in a cross plan, connected at the ends by single-storey ranges, resulting in an overall octagonal plan. The front of the west wing features a pedimented gable, a large first-floor sash window with glazing bars and margin lights, and a doorway topped with a cornice hood supported by large brackets. This is flanked by lower two-storey wings, each containing a single window with glazing bars.
Local climate
Hill House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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