Upgate Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Cottage.

Upgate Cottage

WRENN ID
lesser-nave-dew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Upgate Cottage, Brooke Road, Shotesham
OS grid reference
TM 253 986
Coordinates
52.53939, 1.32103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upgate Cottage is a cottage dating from the early 16th century, with a floor added in the 17th century. It features a two-bay rendered timber frame and a thatched roof. The building is one storey high with an attic. The 18th-century windows have leaded lights and metal casements. There is a former five-light diamond mullion window located in the north gable. A later external stack has been added to the other gable end. Inside, there is an inserted floor and a queen post roof with one free-standing truss, which is now closed off by a 17th-century doorway.

Local climate

Upgate 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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