Ye Olde Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
Ye Olde Chequers
- WRENN ID
- wild-buttress-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Ye Olde Chequers, Diss Road, Bressingham, IP22 2AG
- OS grid reference
- TM 076 808
- Coordinates
- 52.38612, 1.0496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ye Olde Chequers is a building likely dating from the 17th or 18th century. It features a plastered timber-frame construction with a brick plinth and a thatched roof with gabled ends. The building is two storeys high. On the first floor, there are three small two-light and flight casements, while the ground floor has three and four-light casements. There are steps leading up to two plank doors. A small later one-storey wing is located on the left (west) end of the building. Additionally, there are two brick chimney stacks.
Local climate
Ye Olde Chequers 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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