Mitre Farm Cottage and Attached Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. House. 6 related planning applications.

Mitre Farm Cottage and Attached Oak Cottage

WRENN ID
rough-pediment-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
Constituency
North West Norfolk MP: James Wild (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1988
Type
House
Address
Mitre Farm Cottage and Attached Oak Cottage, Setch Road, Middleton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE32 1SL
OS grid reference
TF 662 146
Coordinates
52.70413, 0.45972
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The property comprises two attached houses, Mitre Farm Cottage and Oak Cottage, dating back to the 17th century. They are constructed of carstone with a pantile roof, forming an L-shaped layout, with Mitre Farm Cottage on the right and Oak Cottage extending to the rear on the left.

Mitre Farm Cottage is a long, single-cell dwelling, with chimney bays at each end and 1½ storeys raised from a single storey. It has large internal stacks at each end. The ground floor features a doorway with a gabled wooden porch on the right, a double-casement window with glazing bars to the left, small openings on either side of the doorway, and a blocked opening in the left chimney bay. Inside, the cottage has a large single cell, tie beams, and large fireplaces at each end. The fireplace on the right has a moulded bressumer, a stone bench, and a niche to the right. A staircase originally located behind the stack has been removed and a new staircase has been inserted in the centre of the cell.

Oak Cottage, attached to the left, consists of a single cell with a further cell to the rear. It is constructed of carstone with brick dressings, with a hipped roof covered in renewed tiles. It has renewed double-casement windows to both ground and first floors. The eastern return side features two recessed sash windows with glazing bars, and a front door to the left. A very large external stack is situated on the rear gable. The interior of Oak Cottage features a large fireplace and massive tie beams with decorative run-out stops.

Local climate

Mitre Farm Cottage and Attached Oak Cottage 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 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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