Gates and Boundary Wall at Grammar School and Attached 'Kissing' Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1993. Gates and boundary wall. 1 related planning application.
Gates and Boundary Wall at Grammar School and Attached 'Kissing' Gate
- WRENN ID
- heavy-niche-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1993
- Type
- Gates and boundary wall
- Address
- Gates and Boundary Wall at Grammar School and Attached 'Kissing' Gate, Bridge Street, Thetford, IP24 3AF
- OS grid reference
- TL 867 830
- Coordinates
- 52.41316, 0.7449
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and boundary wall at the Grammar School, along with an attached 'kissing' gate, were likely built in 1877. They are constructed from flint with ashlar dressings and feature cast-iron elements. The low boundary wall includes piers topped with pyramidal caps and has cast-iron gates. At the left end, there is a 19th-century cast-iron 'kissing' gate.
Local climate
Gates and Boundary Wall at Grammar School and Attached 'Kissing' Gate sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- No sale records on file
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