London House, 3 Market Place is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 January 1973. 5 related planning applications.

London House, 3 Market Place

WRENN ID
floating-floor-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 January 1973
Address
London House, 3 Market Place, Swaffham, PE37 7AB
OS grid reference
TF 819 089
Coordinates
52.64812, 0.68745
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

London House is a former house built in the early 18th century, with later rebuilding in the late 19th century and the mid-20th century. It is now used for commercial purposes. The building is constructed of red brick with a red pantile roof, and the south and east walls are roughcast. The rectangular building comprises two parallel ranges and faces west onto Market Place.

It is a two-storey building, facing west with five bays divided into two sections. The double-pile pitched roofs are covered with red pantiles, and the rear (east) range has a central ridge stack. The southern section of the front elevation has two first-floor windows with four-over-four sash windows with horns. The ground floor has large plate-glass windows and a corner entrance bay. The south end of the building features two Dutch gables and a late 19th-century plate-glass shop display window. The northern section of the front elevation has a raised brick parapet, three first-floor window bays containing mid-20th century six-over-six sash windows with horns, and a mid-20th century display window and glazed door at ground floor level. The interior was converted to offices in the mid-20th century and opened out into single spaces.

Local climate

London House, 3 Market Place 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
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