Almshouses Including Surrounding Wall and Outbuildings is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 December 1993. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Almshouses Including Surrounding Wall and Outbuildings
- WRENN ID
- former-shingle-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 December 1993
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Almshouses Including Surrounding Wall and Outbuildings, 2-8, Croxton Road, Thetford
- OS grid reference
- TL 870 833
- Coordinates
- 52.41655, 0.74856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building consists of four almshouses, constructed in 1885 for George and Sarah Tyrrell. They are made of red brick and feature a machine tile roof. The almshouses are single-storey with a central projecting bay under a gable, flanked by similar bays on either side, making a total of three bays. Between the gables, there are three 2-light cross casements with segmental heads, and each gable end has one 3-light cross casement. The doors are 2-panelled. The gabled roof is above a moulded brick eaves cornice, which has an inverted arched frieze. There are four moulded stacks with triple flues. The rear of the building has a continuous row of 2-light and single-light casements and doorways, also under segmental heads. A boundary wall surrounds the building on all sides, and at the rear, it develops into gabled outbuildings. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Almshouses Including Surrounding Wall and Outbuildings 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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