65, The Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Office. 2 related planning applications.
65, The Close
- WRENN ID
- outer-spandrel-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Office
- Address
- 65, The Close, NR1 4DH
- OS grid reference
- TG 234 087
- Coordinates
- 52.63088, 1.30099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 65 The Close is a building that was formerly part of the Infirmarer's house and is now used as an office. It has medieval origins and features from the 16th century, with extensions added in the 18th and 19th centuries. The ground floor is constructed of flint and brick, while the upper floor is timber framed and covered with mathematical tiles. There are brick extensions as well, and the building has a pintile roof. It stands two storeys tall, with the first floor jettied. A single-storey rear extension from the 19th century is also present. The first floor has six closely spaced windows, along with one 18th-century bay window to the left. To the left of the building, there is a fine panelled door with a decorative surround, sheltered by a porch supported on thin Tuscan columns. The ground floor features four sash windows, while the first floor has seven sash windows. Inside, there is a moulded timber buttoned ceiling on the ground floor.
Local climate
65, 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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