The Wain is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1972. A C18 Former inn. 1 related planning application.
The Wain
- WRENN ID
- fossil-lime-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1972
- Type
- Former inn
- Address
- The Wain, Church Street, Wells-Next-The-Sea, NR23 1JB
- OS grid reference
- TF 919 430
- Coordinates
- 52.95078, 0.85545
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wain, formerly known as the Waggon and Horses Inn, is an 18th-century building located on Church Street. It has been altered to serve as a private residence. The structure is one storey high with an attic, built from flint and featuring red brick dressings. It includes two dormer casements and two near flush frame sash windows on the ground floor, one of which is a two-light window with glazing bars. At the rear, there is a former outbuilding connected to the main structure. Inside, the property features two-panel doors with wrought hinges, hewn chamfered beams, and roof members. The Wain, along with No. 21 Wisteria Cottage and No. 33, forms a group of buildings of historical significance.
Local climate
The Wain 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- 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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