52-56, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. Commercial building. 1 related planning application.
52-56, High Street
- WRENN ID
- turning-hall-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1972
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- 52-56, High Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1EN
- OS grid reference
- TF 917 432
- Coordinates
- 52.95271, 0.85287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century building on the west side of High Street, comprising numbers 52 and 56. It is a two-storey brick structure, with the ground floor of number 52 finished in stucco, lined and painted, and including a floor band. The roof is covered with pantiles and has a wooden eaves band. The building has four flush frame sash windows on the first floor, with number 54 retaining its original glazing bars. On the ground floor, number 52 features a sash window with a segmental head, and a four-panel door with a decorative doorcase and consoles. Numbers 54 and 56 have wooden shop fronts with enriched cornices. Numbers 46 and 48, along with numbers 52 to 56, form a group.
Local climate
52-56, High Street receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 3 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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