Nursery Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1984. Terrace.
Nursery Cottages
- WRENN ID
- tilted-kitchen-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Norfolk
- Constituency
- North Norfolk MP: Steff Aquarone (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1984
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- Nursery Cottages, 19, 20, 21, Melton Constable
- OS grid reference
- TG 037 306
- Coordinates
- 52.83472, 1.02327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nursery Cottages is a terrace of cottages that was formerly a workhouse, dating from the 18th century. The cottages are constructed of red brick and covered with red pantiles. They are two storeys high and consist of six bays, with single storey, two bay additions on the east and west sides. The centre features a pediment.
On the ground floor, the two outer bays have two 3-light arched headed casements, while the centre bays contain two 2-light casements. The first floor has two 3-light casements with single horizontal glazing bars in the outer bays, and two narrower 3-light casements in the centre. The pediment is adorned with a brick platband base, kneelers, and a parapet. The building has crow-stepped gables and end stacks. At the rear, there is a two-storey central gabled brick wing with a crow-stepped gable, along with single storey blocks on the east and west sides that feature single 2-light casements.
Local climate
Nursery Cottages receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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