The Ashes is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.
The Ashes
- WRENN ID
- rough-spindle-furze
- 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
- The Ashes, Ash Lane, Carleton Rode
- OS grid reference
- TM 111 911
- Coordinates
- 52.47772, 1.10798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ashes is a 17th to 18th century house that was refashioned in the mid-19th century. It is encased in buff-coloured brick and features chamfered quoins. The house has a slated roof with gabled ends and is two storeys tall, with three bays. The windows are sashes with glazing bars and cornices supported by console brackets. A central two-storeyed brick porch has splayed corners and a glazed and panelled door, also with a cornice on console brackets. A large central chimney stack made of buff-coloured brick is prominent. Inside, there are chamfered ceiling beams. At the rear, there is a 17th century timber-frame wing that has been encased in buff brick, with the interior showcasing exposed timber-framing and chamfered ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Ashes 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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