Blenheim Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1977. House. 4 related planning applications.

Blenheim Cottage

WRENN ID
noble-frieze-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1977
Type
House
Address
Blenheim Cottage, 28, Seamere Road, Hingham, NR9 4LW
OS grid reference
TG 029 017
Coordinates
52.57562, 0.99402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blenheim Cottage, located on Seamere Road, is a house dating from the 17th or 18th century. It has a timber frame that has been roughcast and significantly altered over time. The building is two storeys high and features a pantile roof with gable ends. There are two gabled dormers fitted with new casements that include glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are two new two-light casements, also with glazing bars. A modern gabled porch is situated at the center of the front, and there are lean-tos at each end of the house. The chimney stack has been rebuilt in brick, and there are modern additions at the rear.

Local climate

Blenheim Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
  • 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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