29, St Nicholas Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. Commercial building.

29, St Nicholas Street

WRENN ID
young-paling-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1972
Type
Commercial building
Address
29, St Nicholas Street, Diss
OS grid reference
TM 116 800
Coordinates
52.3773, 1.10866
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 29 St Nicholas Street is a building from the 17th to 18th century that has been altered. It is two stories high and features three windows, including a four-light shop window at the corner on the ground floor, which has a wooden case and pilasters beneath an entablature. There is one casement window on each floor, dating from various periods. The building is plaster lined and painted, with a roof covered in pantiles. The shop entrance is located on the splayed corner, and there is a three-light shop window on the return. The gable has an attic window, and there are two windows on the first floor, which now have only central glazing bars. Above the entrance, there is a painted sign of a bull.

Local climate

29, St Nicholas Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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