The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House/restaurant. 2 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- watchful-landing-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House/restaurant
- Address
- The Limes, Market Place, Kenninghall, NR16 2AH
- OS grid reference
- TM 038 861
- Coordinates
- 52.43519, 0.99742
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house, now operating as a restaurant, dating back to the 18th century with significant alterations in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick with a roof of black glazed pantiles. The building is two storeys high with an attic, and it has three bays. A flat-roofed porch, added in the early 20th century, is located centrally. The windows are tripartite sashes from the 20th century, with those on the ground floor set beneath gauged skewback arches. A console bracket eaves cornice and a gabled roof with a ridge stack above the front door conclude the facade.
Local climate
The Limes 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings