Church Cottage and Talbot House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Church Cottage and Talbot House
- WRENN ID
- solitary-arch-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Church Cottage and Talbot House, Church Plain, Mattishall, NR20 3QF
- OS grid reference
- TG 052 110
- Coordinates
- 52.65855, 1.03406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottage and Talbot House are a pair of cottages dating primarily to the 18th century, with later alterations. They are constructed of rendered brick with a pantile roof. The cottages are two storeys high and present a symmetrical facade featuring eight three-light mullion and transom windows, fitted with metal casements, except for two Victorian sash windows. The front doors are Victorian, panelled, and contained within doorcases with flat hoods supported by fluted Doric pilasters. A moulded brick string course and a dentil and moulded brick cornice run along the facade. A steeply pitched roof features a pair of gable-end stacks and a central axial stack. A rear extension is also present.
Local climate
Church Cottage and Talbot House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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