7-13, Orford Place is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1986. Offices, shops. 8 related planning applications.
7-13, Orford Place
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-basalt-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1986
- Type
- Offices, shops
- Address
- 7-13, Orford Place, NR1 3RU
- OS grid reference
- TG 230 083
- Coordinates
- 52.62702, 1.29387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 7 to 13 on Orford Place are offices and shops built in 1904 by J. Owen Bond. The building features a slate roof and is situated on a corner site with three storeys plus an attic. It has a square corner turret with blind windows, diagonal buttressing, and a domed roof topped with a finial. The main facade is five bays wide and curved, with a corner bay and three additional bays facing the yard. The shopfronts were added in the later 20th century.
The first floor showcases Renaissance details, including rustication that continues up the pilasters. It has semi-circular arched sash windows with margin lights. The three central bays are recessed and supported by Ionic columns on the second floor, which hold up a frieze and a heavy cornice. The frieze bears the name Burlington Buildings. The second floor features sash windows with eared architraves and balconies that are supported by the keystone of the first floor and reclining figures.
On the attic level, there are three windows with flat arches, flanked by Ionic columns that support open segmental pediments. The end attic windows are recessed and have rusticated surrounds with exaggerated keystones and open bracketed pediments, also supported by rusticated Ionic columns. Inside, the open well staircase has turned balusters and newel posts decorated with wheat-ear drops, pendants, and carved brackets, along with ironwork balustrading on the first floor landing. The principal first floor room features a fine plasterwork ceiling, elaborate window and door surrounds, and a pedimented fireplace surround.
Local climate
7-13, Orford Place 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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