The Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.

The Chequers

WRENN ID
tenth-ledge-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
House
Address
The Chequers, Upper Street, Gissing
OS grid reference
TM 142 855
Coordinates
52.42587, 1.14932
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Chequers is a 17th or 18th century timber-framed house located on the west side of Upper Street in Gissing. It features a plastered exterior with a brick plinth and a thatched roof with gabled ends. The house has one storey and an attic, with three windows on the ground floor and two gabled dormers above. The dormers contain 18th or 19th century three-light casements. There are also two modern doors and an off-centre brick chimney stack. A date of 1799 is inscribed in the gable of the left-hand dormer. Additionally, there is a later lean-to extension at the rear.

Local climate

The Chequers 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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