Almshouses (Town House) is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1984. A C19 Almshouses. 2 related planning applications.
Almshouses (Town House)
- WRENN ID
- leaning-baluster-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1984
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses (Town House), 1 and 2, Marsh Lane, New Buckenham, NR16 2BE
- OS grid reference
- TM 086 903
- Coordinates
- 52.4709, 1.07115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These almshouses, now a private house, were built in 1861. They comprise two almshouses, known as the Town House. The building is constructed of brick, with a gabled slate roof. It is a single storey in height with shaped gable ends. The facade is banded with gault brick. Blocked gable windows are visible. A single-storey, flat-roofed extension was added in the 20th century to the front facade. The central ridge features double diamond-shaped flues rising from a stack.
Local climate
Almshouses (Town House) 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- 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
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