Fairview Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A C17 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Fairview Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tangled-pavement-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fairview Cottage, 93, High Road, Needham, IP20 9LF
- OS grid reference
- TM 227 814
- Coordinates
- 52.386, 1.27173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fairview Cottage is a 17th-century timber-frame cottage, significantly altered and extended in modern times. The cottage has a cement-rendered exterior and a thatched roof with gabled ends. It is one storey high with an attic. Modern casement windows are present; a single 19th-century dormer casement is also visible. A modern porch has been added. A large, modern wing with a thatched roof and rendered exterior extends to the rear, and a single-storey wing is located on the north side.
Local climate
Fairview Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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