The Close is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.
The Close
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-sandstone-sienna
- 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 Close, Mill Road, Earsham
- OS grid reference
- TM 327 889
- Coordinates
- 52.44901, 1.42304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Close is a 16th and 17th century brick house that has been significantly modernised. It features a tiled roof with stepped gable ends and a north cross wing that creates an L-shaped plan. A large chimney stack is located over the end gable, which has four moulded circular flues with moulded bases. The house is two storeys high with an attic. The windows are a mix of 19th century and modern casements. On the west side, there is a doorway that is not in its original position; it includes a 16th century moulded doorcase and door, along with a 16th century, four-centred arch door frame set within a modern porch.
Local climate
The Close 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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