Penny Wise is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1979. Shop.

Penny Wise

WRENN ID
mired-cinder-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1979
Type
Shop
Address
Penny Wise, 5, Old Post Office Street, Fakenham
OS grid reference
TF 918 296
Coordinates
52.83027, 0.84654
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Penny Wise is a late 18th-century building located on Old Post Office Street in Fakenham. It is constructed of red brick and features a black-glazed pantile roof with gabled ends. The building has a moulded wood eaves cornice and three windows with flat brick arches. The upper floor windows are sashes with glazing bars, while the ground floor has a large modern shop front with a wide cement rendered surround.

Local climate

Penny Wise receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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