Priory Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1954. A Early 19th century Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Priory Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-spire-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Constituency
- Great Yarmouth MP: Rupert Lowe (RB)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1954
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Address
- Priory Farmhouse, Beccles Road, St Olaves, Fritton and St. Olaves, Great Yarmouth, NR31 9HE
- OS grid reference
- TM 458 995
- Coordinates
- 52.53853, 1.62401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Farmhouse is a farmhouse that consists of two sections. The southern part is a brick and tile structure built in the early 19th century, which underwent alterations in the late 20th century. The northern section is made of brick and flint and has origins from the post-Reformation period, constructed on an earlier monastic site that reused materials from St. Olave's Priory. This part was significantly altered in 1986 and features a thatched roof.
The 16th-century block has two storeys and is entered on the east side through an arched moulded brick doorway with a hood mould, located to the left. A similar doorway that was once on the right has been blocked. There is a 20th-century door within the original doorway, and a central three-light casement window from 1986, along with two similar two-light casements on the first floor. The roof is gabled.
On the west side, the farmhouse is faced with brick, featuring ground floor French windows to the right and two two-light windows on the first floor, all dating from 1986. Many of the bricks used are re-used medieval materials. Inside, two bridging beams remain from the original structure, but the rest of the interior has been completely updated in the 20th century.
The 19th-century block also has two storeys and a gabled roof with a central ridge stack. It features 20th-century casements and doorways placed at regular intervals. This section connects to the two remaining rooms of Jerningham's house, which is located north of the refectory of St. Olaves Priory. Sir Henry Jerningham purchased the priory during the Dissolution.
Local climate
Priory Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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