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

The Brambles

WRENN ID
pale-chimney-sedge
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 Brambles, Fen Street, Bressingham
OS grid reference
TM 067 807
Coordinates
52.38557, 1.03608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Brambles is a 17th or 18th century building located on Fen Street in Bressingham. It features a plastered exterior and a thatched roof with gabled ends. The structure is one storey high with an attic, which has windows in the gable ends. On the ground floor, there are two casement windows with glazing bars. A modern porch is situated at the center of the building, and there is a central brick chimney stack. Additionally, there are lean-tos at each end of the building.

Local climate

The Brambles 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 89% 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 57% 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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