Queen Margaret Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Farmhouse.
Queen Margaret Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-chalk-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Queen Margaret Cottage, the Green, Saxlingham Nethergate, NR15 1TG
- OS grid reference
- TM 238 966
- Coordinates
- 52.52187, 1.29884
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Queen Margaret Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into two dwellings. It dates from the late 16th century and has undergone later alterations. The building features a rendered timber frame that has been re-faced with brick on the front and sides, and it has a thatched roof. It is two storeys high and has been re-faced in the 18th century or early 19th century, showcasing three-light windows with metal casements and horizontal glazing bars. The ground floor windows are set beneath segmental arches. There is a later gabled porch and extensions added to the rear. The cottage has one off-centre axial stack and one later gable-end stack. Inside, there are remains of one queen post truss to the west of the stack, and a large bridging joist with broach chamfer stops.
Local climate
Queen Margaret 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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