Algar House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Algar House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-trefoil-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Algar House, Algar Lane, Bressingham, IP22 2BH
- OS grid reference
- TM 075 827
- Coordinates
- 52.40319, 1.05007
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Algar House is an early 18th-century house constructed of rendered brick. It features a steep gable-ended roof covered with new tiles and has paired eaves modillions. The building is two storeys high and consists of five bays. It has large sash windows with glazing bars set in exposed casings. On the first floor, there is an off-centre right elliptical-headed window with a modern glazed porch below, which is adorned with pilasters and an entablature. The house has brick chimney stacks located at both ends and in the centre. At the rear, there is an early 18th-century brick gabled wing that is off-centre, featuring old mullion and transom casements with leaded panes, along with an end brick chimney stack.
Local climate
Algar House 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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