The Bircham Institute and Boundary Wall to West is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1983. Institute, library. 5 related planning applications.

The Bircham Institute and Boundary Wall to West

WRENN ID
carved-hinge-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Broadland
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 July 1983
Type
Institute, library
Address
The Bircham Institute and Boundary Wall to West, Market Place, Reepham, NR10 4JJ
OS grid reference
TG 100 228
Coordinates
52.7624, 1.11141
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bircham Institute, originally a house and now serving as a library and flat, dates back to the 17th century but underwent significant alterations in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick and colourwashed render, topped with a roof of black pantiles and slate. The building has a 'U'-shaped plan, featuring two storeys and attics that create an open courtyard to the east.

The facade facing the Market Place is rendered and consists of four windows, with an additional blank bay to the south. A central porch is adorned with angle buttresses, a battlemented parapet, and Gothick windows that have hood moulds. The windows are 19th-century sashes with glazing bars and hood moulds. The building also features paired shaped eaves brackets and three gabled dormers. There is an end stack on the north side and an off-centre axial stack on the south.

At the rear, there are red brick wings with gabled roofs of pantiles and slate. The 19th-century sash windows in these wings also have glazing bars and are topped with gauged brick arches. Notably, the southern wing includes storey-height windows at ground floor level.

Local climate

The Bircham Institute and Boundary Wall to West receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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