70, The Close is a Grade I listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. A Victorian Educational building. 2 related planning applications.

70, The Close

WRENN ID
woven-vestry-cobweb
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Norwich
Constituency
Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 February 1954
Type
Educational building
Period
Victorian
Address
70, The Close, NR1 4DQ
OS grid reference
TG 233 088
Coordinates
52.6318, 1.29921
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

70 The Close is a Grade I listed building that was formerly part of the Carnary College and is now used as a school and school offices. It dates from around 1830 but incorporates extensive remains from the 14th and 15th centuries. The building is rendered and has a slate roof, standing three storeys tall with eight bays. The left-hand off-centre door features a 15th-century moulded two-centre arch within a re-made flint and brick porch that has attached shafts and a two-centre arch. There is also a 15th-century doorway and staircase leading to the Carnary Chapel located at the extreme right-hand side of the building. Sash windows with glazing bars and moulded surrounds are present throughout, along with a string course between the first and second floors and a box cornice.

Local climate

70, The Close 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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