59, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Norwich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 February 1954. House.
59, The Close
- WRENN ID
- spare-timber-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Norwich
- Constituency
- Norwich South MP: Clive Lewis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 February 1954
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TG 235 089
- Coordinates
- 52.63238, 1.30262
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 59 The Close is a house dating from the 16th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of flint and brick, featuring brick window dressings and a black pantile roof. The building has two storeys and two widely spaced first-floor windows. The right-hand door is off-centre and has a sunk torus moulding surround with a flat hood above it. To the left of the door, there are two mullion and transom windows, while to the right, there is a four-light casement window. The first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, and there is a box cornice. Additionally, there are two small dormers with sash windows and another box cornice. Inside, there is an 18th-century painted panel depicting a scene over the main fireplace.
Local climate
59, 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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