The Cottage, Fir Cottage and the Little House is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

The Cottage, Fir Cottage and the Little House

WRENN ID
woven-slate-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 February 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage, Fir Cottage and the Little House, 26a, St Leonard's Street, Mundford, IP26 5HG
OS grid reference
TL 802 938
Coordinates
52.51284, 0.65521
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

These cottages date from the 17th century and were altered in the 19th century. They are timber-framed, with the front facing gault brick. A lower extension, known as The Little House, is built of flint with brick dressings. The roofs are thatched, except for the extension's roof which is tiled. The cottages are arranged in an L-shape and are single-storey with an attic.

The street facade is symmetrical. It features two modern metal windows with cambered skewback arches, and two partly glazed panelled doors also beneath cambered skewback arches. There are two gabled dormers with shaped barge boards and casement windows with glazing bars. A 17th-century chimney stack projects from the roof, featuring a sawtooth profile and a hipped roof angle. The lateral facade has a symmetrical three-bay arrangement, with one early 19th-century horizontal sash window containing small panes and one later casement window with glazing bars, both under cambered arches. A central partly glazed door is present, along with two dormers similar to those on the street facade. Another gable-end stack is visible.

Inside, some bridging roof joists are shaped with an ovolo mould.

Local climate

The Cottage, Fir Cottage and the Little House 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 86% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 4 transactions since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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