Red Squirrels is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.

Red Squirrels

WRENN ID
solemn-truss-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
House
Address
Red Squirrels, the Street, Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall
OS grid reference
TM 138 976
Coordinates
52.5348, 1.15155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Red Squirrels is a late 16th century timber-frame house that has been plastered, with the west end faced in brick. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends and stands two storeys high. The house has 19th century casement windows and a modern glazed door. There is an internal brick chimney stack located at the west end. A later two-storey wing has been added to the east end, which is also plastered and has a pantile roof. Additionally, there is a modern one-storey wing on the west end. Inside, there is an ovolo moulded chamfer on the ceiling beam, which includes carved stops.

Local climate

Red Squirrels sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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