The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- secret-hall-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Poplars, Mill Road, Hempnall, NR15 2LP
- OS grid reference
- TM 240 943
- Coordinates
- 52.50077, 1.30013
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is a 17th-century timber-framed cottage that has been plastered. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends and has a large brick chimney stack at the north end, along with a later external stack at the south end. The cottage is one storey with an attic and includes two gabled dormers. The central entrance has a flush panel door with an architrave adorned with roundels. There is also another flush panel door and a large late 19th-century bay window situated between the two doors. At the rear (west) of the building, there is a gabled wing, and on the north end, there is an early 19th-century red brick wing with a hipped pantile roof, brick dentil eaves, and two storeys featuring 19th-century three-light casements.
Local climate
The Poplars sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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 — 3 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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