The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the King0s Lynn and West Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1985. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-loft-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- King0s Lynn and West Norfolk
- Constituency
- South West Norfolk MP: Terry Jermy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Church Road, Wereham, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, PE33 9AP
- OS grid reference
- TF 681 016
- Coordinates
- 52.58651, 0.48025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with some restoration in the 20th century. It is constructed of brick, featuring some carstone and carstone galleting, and has a pantile roof that is hipped to the northwest. The building stands two storeys tall and has a single-window range facing the street. Each floor has one 2/2 horned sash window. On the left side, there is a set-off at the first floor, a renewed multi-pane casement window under a segmental arch, and a round-headed doorway to the left. Additionally, there is a full-height window bay to the left fitted with 6/6 sashes, with the first-floor window being from the 20th century. The interior has not been inspected. The Cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2001
- 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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