Town Pound is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1995. Town pound.

Town Pound

WRENN ID
tattered-wattle-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1995
Type
Town pound
Address
Town Pound, Mangate Street, Swaffham
OS grid reference
TF 820 090
Coordinates
52.64863, 0.69033
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Town Pound in Swaffham dates back to around 1730 and was restored in 1978. It is constructed from whole and cut flints, with brick quoins and dressings. The structure is rectangular in shape and features an entrance on the east side, which is fitted with a 20th-century timber gate. The Town Pound does not have a roof.

Local climate

Town Pound sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% 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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