Spinky Den and the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1960. Dwelling. 1 related planning application.

Spinky Den and the Cottage

WRENN ID
lost-pinnacle-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 May 1960
Type
Dwelling
Address
Spinky Den and the Cottage, Church Close, Shipdham, IP25 7LX
OS grid reference
TF 958 073
Coordinates
52.62833, 0.89189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These are two dwellings, dating to the late medieval period, with construction in the 16th century and subsequent alterations. The buildings are timber-framed and rendered, with thatched roofs. They are arranged in an L-shape, comprising a late medieval block facing the street and a 16th-century addition to the rear. The west facade has two sash windows with glazing bars, plus one smaller window on the ground floor with glazing bars. The first floor has one three-light window and one two-light window, both with metal casements. An off-centre doorway is sheltered by a glazed and boarded gabled porch. The street-facing facade has a single sash window with glazing bars, likely indicating a staircase hall, within the western bay. The remainder of the street-facing block is two storeys high, with a raised and fielded panel door and four 19th-century two-light casement windows. A brick stack is visible at the gable end, dating to the 18th century. The original street frontage may have consisted of three equal-sized cells, thought to represent former almshouses, with the westernmost cell now belonging to the rear addition.

Local climate

Spinky Den and the Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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