Happisburgh Lighthouse Lighthouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1987. Lighthouse, keepers' cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Happisburgh Lighthouse Lighthouse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- seventh-rotunda-mist
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1987
- Type
- Lighthouse, keepers' cottage
- Address
- Happisburgh Lighthouse Lighthouse Cottages, Lighthouse Lane, NR12 0PY
- OS grid reference
- TG 384 306
- Coordinates
- 52.82055, 1.53707
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Happisburgh Lighthouse and Lighthouse Cottages consist of a lighthouse and two keepers' cottages built in 1791. The lighthouse is made of painted and rendered brick, featuring five storeys with a tapering circular shape. Each storey is separated by a string course and painted alternately red and white. The entrance door is located on the west side, and there are segmental-headed windows on alternate storeys. A gallery is situated on the east side, just below the glazed lantern stage.
The lighthouse is flanked by two square single-storey cottages, each with two bays on each side. These cottages are also made of rendered and colourwashed brick, with roofs covered in either concrete tiles (for No. 1) or slate (for No. 2). Each cottage has pilasters at the corners and center of each side, which separate sash windows that feature glazing bars and keystones. Inside, there is a passageway from each cottage that leads into the tower, opening to the exterior through a square-headed door. Both cottages have double hipped roofs with twin-flued stacks.
Local climate
Happisburgh Lighthouse Lighthouse Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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