17a, Old Meeting House Alley is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1986. Former church hall, store.

17a, Old Meeting House Alley

WRENN ID
waning-cloister-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1986
Type
Former church hall, store
OS grid reference
TG 231 090
Coordinates
52.63365, 1.29552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 17A on Old Meeting House Alley is a former church hall, now used as a store, which dates back to 1842 as indicated on the foundation stone. There is a later 19th-century extension to the north. The building is constructed of red brick and features a hipped slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and has five bays, with the northern extension adding an additional bay. The entrance is accessed from the adjoining building to the south.

The property has tall sash windows throughout, which include glazing bars and are topped with rubbed brick flat arches. The north extension also has similar windows, with brick aprons positioned above the first-floor string course. The adjoining south building is from the early 18th century and is made of red brick with random purple bricks, featuring a plinth and a pantile roof. This building is also two storeys high and has two first-floor windows. It includes a 19th-century door with a simple timber surround and a small flat hood, along with mullion and transom windows that have side-hung lights. Inside, there is a stairwell that was part of the former church hall.

Local climate

17a, Old Meeting House Alley 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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