57, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. House. 3 related planning applications.
57, The Close
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- 57, The Close, NR1 4EH
- OS grid reference
- TG 235 089
- Coordinates
- 52.63196, 1.30262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 57 The Close is a house built in 1862, designed by architect J. Brown. It is constructed from flint with stone dressings and features a brick stringcourse and window dressings. The slate roof covers a two-storey structure with three bays, showcasing Gothic details throughout. The central entrance door is flanked by a semi-circular turret on the left with a conical roof, while the right-hand bay projects and has a gable. The ground floor includes a bay window with a mullion and transom window, and above it, there is a three-light casement window. The gable features a cusped circular attic light, and there are three windows in the turret, along with a three-light casement window on the first floor. The roof is decorated with ornate tiles along the ridge.
Local climate
57, The Close sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- 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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