The Moat House 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 Moat House
- WRENN ID
- brooding-glass-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Moat House, Scole Common
- OS grid reference
- TM 148 799
- Coordinates
- 52.37526, 1.15531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Moat House is a 17th century timber-frame house located in Scole, with a plastered exterior and a steep hipped tiled roof. It features a large brick chimney stack near the north end and another near the south end. The building has two storeys and three widely spaced windows, which include three-light casements with glazing bars and one ground floor sash window. On the first floor, there are two small pointed head windows. A modern gabled porch has been added to the front, along with a modern flat roof addition at the rear.
Local climate
The Moat 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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