97 and 97a, Norfolk Street is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1976. House.

97 and 97a, Norfolk Street

WRENN ID
over-mantel-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1976
Type
House
Address
97 and 97a, Norfolk Street, Wisbech
OS grid reference
TF 464 093
Coordinates
52.66227, 0.16346
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 97 and 97A on Norfolk Street is an 18th-century house that has undergone significant alterations. It is constructed of local brown brick and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high with attics and has a double pile plan with four 'bays'. There is a shaped gable at the north end. The façade includes four flush framed sash windows with central glazing bars, along with two small, renewed casement attic windows. The ground floor has 19th-century shop windows. The elevation facing West Street displays three flush frame hung sash windows with glazing bars and two sunk, oval panels that bear the initials and date R.R.B. 1701.

Local climate

97 and 97a, Norfolk Street 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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