23, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. House.

23, High Street

WRENN ID
twisted-rubble-poplar
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
23, High Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea
OS grid reference
TF 917 433
Coordinates
52.95368, 0.85282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 23 on High Street is an 18th-century building that stands two stories tall. It features two flush frame sash windows on the first floor, which no longer have glazing bars. The exterior is finished in stucco, lined and painted. There is a small early 19th-century shop window with glazing bars, along with a six-panel door that has a patterned fanlight, all set within a wooden case that includes pilasters and a flat cornice. The building has a plinth, an eaves band, and a pantile roof. It is part of a group that includes Nos 5 and 7, ancillary buildings, Nos 19 to 23 (odd), and the Arms House.

Local climate

23, High Street 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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