The Plough Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Plough Inn
- WRENN ID
- muted-ember-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Plough Inn, 58, St Benedict's Street, NR2 4AR
- OS grid reference
- TG 226 087
- Coordinates
- 52.63112, 1.2881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Plough Inn is a public house located at 58 St Benedict's Street. The building has a rear range dating from the 16th century and a street range from the early 17th century. It features early medieval stone quoins in the 17th century Little Plough Yard range. The construction includes flint rubble, brick, and a rendered street front, topped with pantile roofs, and has an L-shaped plan.
The street range is two storeys high and has three first floor windows. The 19th century pub front includes a central door flanked by mullion and transom windows. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars and keystones. There are brewery pub-name plaster ovals with swags between the windows and a paired bracket cornice. The building also features two gable dormers with casement windows and barge-boards.
The rear range has two first floor windows and a 20th century door at the extreme right. The ground floor includes an eleven-light casement window, while the first floor has casements as well. There is a small 20th century dormer with a flat roof.
Local climate
The Plough Inn 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 — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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