27 and 29, Sussex Street is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. House, flats.

27 and 29, Sussex Street

WRENN ID
empty-timber-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1972
Type
House, flats
Address
27 and 29, Sussex Street, NR3 3DE
OS grid reference
TG 227 095
Coordinates
52.63773, 1.29074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 27 and 29 on Sussex Street are former houses that have been converted into flats. They date from the early 19th century and have 20th-century additions at the rear. The buildings are constructed of red brick and feature a pantile roof. They stand three storeys tall and have five windows on the first floor.

No. 27 is distinguished by decorated torus outer pilasters and an architrave, with fluted inner pilasters that have corner lion-masks, and a flat hood above the entrance. No. 29 features attached Tuscan columns and an architrave. Both properties have 20th-century sash windows with glazing bars and rubbed brick flat arches. A simple paired bracket eaves cornice runs along the top, and both buildings have a hipped roof.

Local climate

27 and 29, Sussex Street 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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