The Wig and Pen is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Wig and Pen
- WRENN ID
- sacred-kitchen-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Wig and Pen, 6, St Martin at Palace Plain, NR3 1RN
- OS grid reference
- TG 234 090
- Coordinates
- 52.63336, 1.30005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wig and Pen is a public house located at No. 6 on St. Martin-at-Palace Plain. Originally built in the 17th century, it has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The building features a combination of painted brick and flint, topped with black pantiles. It is two storeys high and has five bays. The central entrance includes a door with a rectangular fanlight in a plain surround. To the right of the door is a single-storey canted bay, while to the left is a window with a mullion and transom. The first floor also has mullion and transom windows, which are set beneath segmental arches. A fascia cornice runs along the top, and there are three dormer gables with casement windows and bargeboards.
Local climate
The Wig and Pen 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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