Barracks Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1983. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Barracks Cottage
- WRENN ID
- old-slate-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Barracks Cottage, Riddlesworth, IP22 2TL
- OS grid reference
- TL 975 808
- Coordinates
- 52.39021, 0.90239
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barracks Cottage is likely a barn that was converted into a house, dating from the early 18th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building is timber framed with brick infill and clay lump at the rear, all rendered, and has a thatched roof. It is a single storey with a dormer attic. The doors and windows are all from the late 20th century and are arranged irregularly. The gabled roof has three eyebrow dormers, the one on the north side containing two separate casement windows. There are two symmetrical ridge stacks. The timber frame is intact and constructed of thin timbers with straight braces. The roof features staggered butt purlins.
Local climate
Barracks Cottage 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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 — 6 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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