1, 2 and 3 Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.

1, 2 and 3 Church Cottages

WRENN ID
odd-rubblework-coral
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
1, 2 and 3 Church Cottages, the Street, Forncett
OS grid reference
TM 164 929
Coordinates
52.49126, 1.18651
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1, 2 and 3 Church Cottages are an early 17th century house, designed in an L-shape. The exterior is mostly covered in later brick, with some areas painted. The building features steep gable-ended roofs made of black glazed pantiles and has two storeys plus an attic. The windows are mainly 3-light casements, with some having leaded panes. There are later flat roof dormers and 19th century ornate barge boards. The house has a central chimney stack on the north-west wing and an end chimney stack on the south wing.

Local climate

1, 2 and 3 Church Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% 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 65% 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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