Old Pastures is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1983. A 17th century Cottage.
Old Pastures
- WRENN ID
- other-garret-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- 17th century
- Address
- Old Pastures, College Road, Thompson
- OS grid reference
- TL 931 967
- Coordinates
- 52.53444, 0.84637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Pastures is a cottage dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of rendered clay lump and brick, sitting on a brick plinth, and features a thatched roof. The building is one storey with an attic. The entrance door is located to the right of the center, with one casement window to the right and two original casement windows to the left, all set under segmental brick arches. The gabled roof includes a gabled dormer with a casement window. There is a rebuilt off-centre stack, and the south gable wall is weatherboarded. A gabled brick outbuilding is attached to the north wall.
Local climate
Old Pastures sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
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