Row of 4 Cottages at 0681 8846 About 30 Metres South South East of Police House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 April 1992. Row of cottages.

Row of 4 Cottages at 0681 8846 About 30 Metres South South East of Police House

WRENN ID
second-merlon-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 April 1992
Type
Row of cottages
OS grid reference
TM 068 884
Coordinates
52.45498, 1.04235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This row of four cottages, dating from the mid to late 17th century, features a rendered timber frame construction. The cottages have a steeply pitched pantile roof with gabled ends and two red brick axial stacks. Each cottage is one room deep, with the main room heated by back-to-back fireplaces in the two axial stacks, and narrow unheated service rooms on either side. There is a later outshut added to the right end, likely from the late 19th or 20th century.

The exterior is one storey with an attic and has a somewhat asymmetrical seven-window front. It includes 20th-century two-light casements with glazing bars and four glazed doors. There are four small gabled dormers arranged symmetrically just above the eaves, also with two-light casements. The gable ends feature attic casements, while the rear has small two-light casements and old plank back doors, along with a weatherboarded rear outshut on the left.

Inside, the floors are supported by chamfered axial beams in each room, and most fireplaces have been blocked. The timber frame partitions between the rooms remain intact, and some wall framing and rafters are exposed, although the attics are ceiled. There are also some late 17th-century plank doors with wrought iron hinges. It is noted that the terrace may have originally been built as almshouses.

Local climate

Row of 4 Cottages at 0681 8846 About 30 Metres South South East of Police House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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