50 and 52, Bethel Street is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Offices. 2 related planning applications.
50 and 52, Bethel Street
- WRENN ID
- gilded-column-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Offices
- Address
- 50 and 52, Bethel Street, NR2 1NR
- OS grid reference
- TG 226 084
- Coordinates
- 52.62853, 1.28911
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These offices, located at 50 and 52 Bethel Street, date from the early 19th century. They are constructed of red brick with wide rendered bands at ground floor level. The roof is not visible. The building is three storeys high with a semi-basement. It has five bays. The main entrances are on the left and right, featuring rusticated pilasters, a plain architrave, and a flat hood. A central yard entrance is distinguished by double-order cubbed brick and a semi-circular arch. Sash windows are present throughout, with rubbed brick flat arches above. Most windows retain their original glazing bars, with the exception of the bottom sash on the ground floor to the left. A paired bracket cornice runs along the top of the building. A parish boundary plate dated 1827 is also present.
Local climate
50 and 52, Bethel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1996
- 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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