The Unicorn is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1977. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Unicorn
- WRENN ID
- standing-frieze-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Unicorn, 12, the Fairland, Hingham, NR9 4HN
- OS grid reference
- TG 021 022
- Coordinates
- 52.5806, 0.98236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Unicorn is a house located in Hingham, dating from the early 19th century. The front of the building features red brick construction with a two-pitched gable-ended pantile roof, adorned with brick dentil eaves. It stands two storeys high and has three sash windows with glazing bars, each topped by flat brick arches. The central entrance has a 20th-century doorcase with a fielded panel door, and there are brick chimneys positioned over the gable ends. At the rear, there is a 17th-century timber-frame wing, which has red brick infilling and a steeply pitched black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends. This wing also has two storeys and an attic, with modern casements on the upper floor, and the ground floor features modern garage doors and a lean-to.
Local climate
The Unicorn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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