Walls Running South from Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Nunnery Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1987. Garden wall. 1 related planning application.

Walls Running South from Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Nunnery Cottages

WRENN ID
still-stone-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1987
Type
Garden wall
Address
Walls Running South from Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Nunnery Cottages, Nunnery Place, Nuns Bridges Road, Thetford, IP24 2PU
OS grid reference
TL 872 822
Coordinates
52.40594, 0.75145
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The walls running south from Numbers 1, 2, and 3 Nunnery Cottages in Thetford are kitchen garden walls of indeterminate date, likely constructed after the dissolution of the monasteries. They are made of re-used ecclesiastical masonry laid in coursed ashlar blocks. The walls contain many 12th-century fragments, including cushion capitals, roll mouldings, and chevron patterns.

Local climate

Walls Running South from Numbers 1, 2 and 3 Nunnery Cottages 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 88% 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 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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