Burkitt Homes is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 June 1972. Almshouses. 3 related planning applications.
Burkitt Homes
- WRENN ID
- twisted-wall-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 June 1972
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Burkitt Homes, Queen Street, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE30 1HU
- OS grid reference
- TF 616 198
- Coordinates
- 52.75244, 0.39405
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Burkitt Homes is a group of 12 almshouses built in 1909 for and endowed by William Burkitt in memory of his uncle. The buildings are constructed of red brick with machine tile roofs and are arranged in a quadrangle plan. The entrance facade facing the street is symmetrical, featuring a two-storey central gatehouse flanked by single-storey wings that extend three bays to the right and left. The gatehouse is accessed through a four-centred arch and is adorned with polygonal angle turrets and two additional polygonal engaged turrets on either side of the arch. The facade includes mullioned windows and a crenellated design. The side wings also have mullioned windows, gabled roofs, and two ridge stacks each. Crenellated screen walls extend to the right and left, incorporating pedestrian entrances. A commemorative plaque detailing the history of the almshouses is located under the entrance arch. The east range of the court features a twin-gabled center illuminated by two four-light mullioned windows, with entrance doors to each house sheltered by heavy moulded timber hoods.
Local climate
Burkitt Homes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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