Old Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Old Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- heavy-moat-jet
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Hall Farmhouse, Low Road, Forncett
- OS grid reference
- TM 166 942
- Coordinates
- 52.503, 1.19057
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Hall Farmhouse is a late 16th century plastered timber-frame house located to the east, with an early 17th century painted brick wing on the south-west, creating an L-shaped plan. The building features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends; the south gable has a parapet and an internal brick stack with lozenge-shaped flues, while the east gable has an external brick chimney stack. It has two storeys and an attic, with an attic window in the gable end. The garden front showcases large three-light sash windows, some of which have glazing bars, along with a fine late 18th century doorcase that includes fluted pilasters, a fluted frieze, a dentilled cornice, a traceried rectangular fanlight, and a panelled door. There is also a one storey-and-attic outbuilding at the east end, which is plastered timber-frame with a pantile roof, likely dating from the 17th or 18th century. Inside, the south-west wing contains two early 17th century moulded plaster ceilings, with the first-floor ceiling featuring a frieze with a vine motif. Additionally, there is a notable 17th century staircase with turned balusters and massive turned newels. The west side facing the road was faced in brick in the late 19th century, and there is a modern brick extension on the north side.
Local climate
Old Hall Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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