28, The Close is a Grade II* listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A C17 House.
28, The Close
- WRENN ID
- spare-railing-elm
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TG 237 087
- Coordinates
- 52.63076, 1.30426
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
28 The Close is a Grade II* listed building that was originally of unknown use and is now a house. It dates from the early 19th century and has elements from the 17th century. The building is constructed of painted brick and features a pantile roof. It is positioned at right angles to the street and wraps around the gable of No. 27. The gable front to the street consists of a single bay and is two storeys high. The ground floor has a casement window with a moulded surround and a three-centre arch. Above it, there is a sash window with glazing bars and a simple surround. To the left in the left-hand return wall, there is a doorway with a reeded surround and corner roundels. Above this door, there is a 19th-century mullion and transom window.
Local climate
28, 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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