Windy Nook is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. House. 3 related planning applications.

Windy Nook

WRENN ID
carved-cobalt-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1972
Type
House
Address
Windy Nook, Croft Yard, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1JS
OS grid reference
TF 917 437
Coordinates
52.95674, 0.85295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Windy Nook is a 17th-century building with two storeys and an attic, located at Croft Yard, The Quay. It features three flush frame sash windows with glazing bars and a pantile roof that has a lozenge pattern in the gable. The building is constructed of flint with brick dressings and has a good chimney at the rear. There is a one-storey advanced wing on the right side. Inside, the ground floor has a stopped ovola moulded beam, while the first floor includes a 17th-century moulded panelled door and two- and six-panelled doors with H and butterfly hinges. The original attic roof timbers are also preserved.

Local climate

Windy Nook receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
  • 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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