Bank Cottage and Oak House is a Grade II* listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1961. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Bank Cottage and Oak House
- WRENN ID
- high-rubblework-finch
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Broadland and Fakenham MP: Jerome Mayhew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1961
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bank Cottage and Oak House, 15, High Street, Cawston, NR10 4AE
- OS grid reference
- TG 135 239
- Coordinates
- 52.77046, 1.16372
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a circa 1700 house, originally built as a single dwelling but later divided into two separate properties, Bank Cottage and Oak House. The house is constructed of red brick, which has been colourwashed, and has a black pantile roof. It has an 'L' shape with a single-storey extension at the rear. Originally ten bays wide, the front was altered in the early 19th century with the addition of a shallow, projecting central bay. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars, set within flat, gauged brick arches. Decorative brickwork remains around some original window openings at each end, including a moulded brick platband at the first floor level. The central entrance has a 6-panel door with a fanlight containing glazing bars, set within a door surround featuring plain pilasters and an entablature. The building has a brick plinth and moulded brick eaves. The curved gables have moulded brick kneelers and an end stack on the left. There are also an off-centre axial stack and a rear stack. Two dormers, each with a casement window and glazing bars, are present.
Inside, a fine dog-leg staircase features carved tread ends, turned balusters, moulded handrails, and newels shaped like fluted Corinthian columns. Associated panelling forms a dado to the stair and is found within the stair spandrel, along with an elliptical-headed door with a key block. There is further panelled decoration on the first-floor bedroom, incorporating Ionic pilasters, and a number of early 18th-century panelled doors are still in place. A fine stone fire surround, dating from around 1680 and possibly re-used from elsewhere, has square 'urn' profile pilasters, Ionic capitals, and an entablature. A 19th-century fireplace with Delft tiles depicting biblical scenes completes the feature.
Local climate
Bank Cottage and Oak House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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