8, Swan Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1986. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
8, Swan Lane
- WRENN ID
- western-plaster-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1986
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- 8, Swan Lane, NR2 1HZ
- OS grid reference
- TG 230 086
- Coordinates
- 52.62962, 1.29477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 8 Swan Lane is a shop building dating from the late 19th century, with 20th-century alterations to the shop front. It is constructed of brick with ceramic tile detailing and has a slate roof. The building is three stories tall and occupies a corner site, featuring four bays facing Bedford Street and five bays along Swan Lane.
On the first floor, the sash windows have semi-circular top sashes and ceramic tile jambs that extend into the string course. The rubbed brick arches above the windows each consist of three extended pointed voussoirs made of alternating red and grey bricks. The second floor also has sash windows, which are topped with rubbed brick semi-circular arches and raised surrounds.
A thin entwined shaft with a foliated capital is set into the corner of the building. The cornice features alternating red and blue brick corbelling along with ceramic tiles. Additionally, there are central and end rusticated pilasters with raised blue brick panels. The roof is hipped.
Local climate
8, Swan Lane 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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