Dairy Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1991. House.

Dairy Cottages

WRENN ID
fallow-pilaster-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Norfolk
Constituency
North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1991
Type
House
Address
Dairy Cottages, 2 and 3, Wickmere
OS grid reference
TG 159 322
Coordinates
52.84479, 1.2056
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dairy Cottages are a pair of cottages dating from the late 18th century, likely extended in the 19th century. They are constructed of Flemish bond red brick and feature a pantile roof with gable ends. The left (west) end has coping and a brick stack with two diagonally set brick shafts.

These attached cottages have a one-room plan and an outshut at the rear, which is probably a 19th-century addition. They are located to the west of No. 4.

The cottages are two storeys high with a symmetrical two-window south front. The 19th-century two-light casements, mostly with glazing bars, are set in segmented brick arch openings with small keystones on the ground floor. There are two doorways at the centre, each with segmental brick arches; the left doorway has a glazed door, while the right has a vertically panelled door. The roof at the rear extends over the two-storey outshut, which features a tall central stack and three-light casements, along with another small outshut at the centre.

The interior was not inspected, but the left-hand cottage (No. 2) was noted to have a chamfered cross-beam. It is worth mentioning that these cottages do not appear on the 1732 estate map.

Local climate

Dairy Cottages 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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