Poacher's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Poacher's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stranded-beam-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Poacher's Cottage, Furze Road, Hempnall, NR15 2NW
- OS grid reference
- TM 250 937
- Coordinates
- 52.49522, 1.3137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Poacher's Cottage is an early 17th century timber-frame house. The south end of the building has a brick facade. The roof is thatched, with gabled ends. A brick chimney stack rises off-centre, featuring two octagonal brick shafts. The house is two storeys high with an attic. Modern casement windows with glazing bars are visible. A modern lean-to porch has been added.
Local climate
Poacher's Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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