8, Norfolk Street is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1976. Shop. 2 related planning applications.

8, Norfolk Street

WRENN ID
half-step-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Fenland
Constituency
North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1976
Type
Shop
Address
8, Norfolk Street, Wisbech, PE13 2LD
OS grid reference
TF 464 094
Coordinates
52.66282, 0.16341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 8 Norfolk Street is a small shop dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is timber-framed and features a thatched roof, although the street facade has been significantly altered by a large shop window. The building has one storey and an attic, with a side passage on the left-hand side. There is a thatched dormer window. Inside, the main ceiling beam and floor joists are exposed. This building is included for its historic value as the only remaining thatched structure of its kind, similar to those photographed by Sam Smith around 1850, which are part of the collection at the Wisbech and Fenland Museum.

Local climate

8, 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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  • 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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