High Common Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Former farmhouse.
High Common Cottage
- WRENN ID
- small-gravel-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Former farmhouse
- Address
- High Common Cottage, Wymondham Road, Wreningham
- OS grid reference
- TM 143 993
- Coordinates
- 52.54986, 1.15995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Common Cottage is a former farmhouse dating from the late 16th century. It features a six-bay rendered timber frame and is topped with a corrugated asbestos roof. The building has two storeys and displays scattered fenestration, including diamond mullion windows, which are mostly renewed in their original mortices, with configurations of 8 to 3 lights. There is an off-centre axial stack and service doors that lead to a through passage on the west side. Inside, the principal beams are of heavy scantling, showcasing wide chamfers and stepped stops. Additionally, there are three surviving queen post trusses.
Local climate
High Common Cottage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- No related consent applications matched
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