Pair of Cottages on Side Road at Ngr Tf8615 0435 is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 2002. Cottages.

Pair of Cottages on Side Road at Ngr Tf8615 0435

WRENN ID
shifting-sentry-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 2002
Type
Cottages
Address
Pair of Cottages on Side Road at Ngr Tf8615 0435, B 1077, South Pickenham
OS grid reference
TF 861 043
Coordinates
52.60528, 0.74804
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This pair of cottages, built around 1830 by WJ Donthorn, is currently unoccupied and partly used as an animal shelter. Constructed from red brick on a flint and brick plinth, the cottages feature a pantile roof and a central brick ridge stack. They are designed in a simple Tudor style, characterized by ornamental hood moulds with shield stops. The cottages are single storey with an attic and include a central brick porch with a simple pediment, which has a pair of blocked doors. On either side of the porch, there is a 3-light casement window. At each end, there is a central doorway (the left side doorway is blocked) with a single-light window on either side and two 2-light windows above, partially set into the gable. The gable features a brick dentilled cornice at the eaves line and roof line. The interior retains a pair of winder stairs. These cottages have undergone slight alterations and were designed around the same time that Donthorn built Pickenham Hall in 1829 and other buildings on the estate.

Local climate

Pair of Cottages on Side Road at Ngr Tf8615 0435 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% 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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