The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- hidden-floor-dust
- 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 Croft, Cheynes Lane, Forncett, NR16 1JT
- OS grid reference
- TM 163 940
- Coordinates
- 52.50124, 1.18598
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a 16th-century timber-frame house located in Forncett St Mary. The house has been plastered and has a thatched roof with half-hipped ends. A large brick chimney stack is positioned off-centre. The building comprises one storey and an attic. The ground floor now features modern casement windows. The attic gable incorporates a five-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with a carved cornice, moulded plaster, pendants, and modern bargeboards. Originally, there were windows with square-section diagonally-set mullions located under the eaves (now blocked). A later dairy is situated on the east end, with a modern porch adjoining. Internally, there are chamfered ceiling beams and joists, as well as chamfered fireplace bressumers.
Local climate
The Croft 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 — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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