53 and 54, Denmark Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. House, commercial.
53 and 54, Denmark Street
- WRENN ID
- late-tower-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1972
- Type
- House, commercial
- Address
- 53 and 54, Denmark Street, Diss
- OS grid reference
- TM 111 795
- Coordinates
- 52.37291, 1.10115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 53 and 54 on Denmark Street are 17th century buildings that have been altered. They are two stories tall with an attic and are plastered, featuring a 19th century red brick face. The steep roof is covered with pantiles. Number 53 has a gabled half-dormer casement window on the first floor and an early 19th century shop front on the ground floor. Number 54 has two five-light mullion casements on the first floor and a door with a glazed upper half. There is a massive central chimney with clustered flues. To the south, there is a one-story wing with a plinth and a pantile roof. These buildings are part of a group that includes Nos 37 to 45, 47 to 58, 60 to 63, and 65 to 67 on Denmark Street.
Local climate
53 and 54, Denmark 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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