The Swallows is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1977. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
The Swallows
- WRENN ID
- ragged-trefoil-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Swallows, Colegate End, Pulham Market, IP21 4XJ
- OS grid reference
- TM 196 878
- Coordinates
- 52.44453, 1.22985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Swallows is a 17th-century house of timber-frame construction, which has been stuccoed over. It has a steeply pitched roof covered with black glazed pantiles, with gabled ends. The house is two storeys high and has two windows facing the front. The first floor has three-light casement windows with glazing bars. The ground floor has modern casement windows and a central modern glazed door with a porch. Modern flat-roofed additions extend from each end of the building.
Local climate
The Swallows 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- 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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