Bishop Bonners Cottages (Now Museum) is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1951. Museum. 4 related planning applications.
Bishop Bonners Cottages (Now Museum)
- WRENN ID
- grim-clay-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1951
- Type
- Museum
- Address
- Bishop Bonners Cottages (Now Museum), St Withburga Lane, Dereham, NR19 1ED
- OS grid reference
- TF 987 132
- Coordinates
- 52.68067, 0.93851
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Bonner's Cottages, now a museum, is a building dating from the 16th century. It is constructed from flint, brick, and timber framing, and features a thatched roof. The structure is partly plastered and has an overhang. The front of the building showcases pargetted ornamentation and consists of two storeys. It includes casement windows.
Local climate
Bishop Bonners Cottages (Now Museum) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 30 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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