First House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1972. House. 1 related planning application.
First House
- WRENN ID
- ruined-granite-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- First House, 1, Quebec Street, Dereham, NR19 2DJ
- OS grid reference
- TF 988 133
- Coordinates
- 52.68106, 0.93989
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
First House, located on Quebec Street, is a building likely dating from the 17th century that has been altered. It features a red brick front on the east side and stands two storeys high with attics. The roof is pantiled and has three casement dormers. On the first floor, there are five sash windows. The entrance consists of a six-panel door topped with a radial bar fanlight, all framed by a wood case with an open pediment. The building has a stuccoed return facing Church Street, which includes three sash windows on the first floor. First House is part of a group with No 2 Church Street and also contributes to the group value of Nos 1 to 15 (odd) and Nos 23 to 27 (odd), along with the Former Corn Exchange, Market Place, and Red Lion Hotel on Red Lion Street.
Local climate
First House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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