Sun Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1972. Inn. 3 related planning applications.

Sun Inn

WRENN ID
floating-spire-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 June 1972
Type
Inn
Address
Sun Inn, 43, Mere Street, Diss, IP22 4AG
OS grid reference
TM 117 798
Coordinates
52.37535, 1.10874
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Sun Inn, located at No. 43 Mere Street, is a 17th-century building that has been altered over time. It is two stories high with an attic and is finished in stucco with a colorwashed appearance. The facade features two windows and a window in the front gable on the left side, with casement windows that have mostly been renewed. There is a central entrance framed by a wooden case. The Sun Inn is part of a group with Nos 41 to 54, which are consecutive properties.

Local climate

Sun Inn 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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