69, The Close is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. A C17 School office, house. 3 related planning applications.
69, The Close
- WRENN ID
- half-forge-quill
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- School office, house
- Address
- 69, The Close, NR1 4DD
- OS grid reference
- TG 233 089
- Coordinates
- 52.63193, 1.29972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
69 The Close is a Grade I listed former house that now serves as a school office. It dates back to the 17th century and possibly earlier. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings, and features a timber-framed section on the right side of the first floor. It has a pantile roof and is situated against the east end of the Carnary Chapel.
The central entrance door is adorned with a pilaster surround that includes lion-mask roundels. On either side of the door are 20th-century mullion and transom windows. To the right, there is a long 6-light frieze window. The first floor of the timber-framed section has two 20th-century mullion and transom windows, and there is a gable dormer with a 4-light window.
On the south elevation, there are two sash windows on each floor, along with one mullion and transom window in the attic, and a distinctive Dutch gable.
Local climate
69, 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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