26 and 27, Upper Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 5 related planning applications.
26 and 27, Upper Street
- WRENN ID
- still-cornice-plum
- 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
- 26 and 27, Upper Street, Gissing, IP22 5UW
- OS grid reference
- TM 141 857
- Coordinates
- 52.42743, 1.14837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 26 and 27 Upper Street is a timber-framed house dating from the 16th or 17th century. The exterior is rendered, and it features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends, with the northern part having a slightly steeper pitch. There is a brick chimney stack located at the junction of the roofs. The building has two storeys and an attic, which includes a window in the gable end, and it has five windows overall. The windows are early 19th century and modern casements. On the left (south) side, there is a modern pilastered doorway. At the rear, there is a modern addition and a lean-to.
Local climate
26 and 27, Upper 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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