Unicorn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A 17th century Cottage.
Unicorn Cottage
- WRENN ID
- long-ember-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Unicorn Cottage, Upper Street, Scole
- OS grid reference
- TM 175 800
- Coordinates
- 52.37549, 1.19412
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Unicorn Cottage is a 17th century timber-frame cottage located in Scole on Upper Street in Billingford. The cottage is plastered and features a thatched roof with gabled ends. It has an off-centre brick chimney stack and is one storey high with an attic. There is one gabled dormer, and the windows are modern casements with glazing bars. The doorway is topped with a hood supported by shaped brackets.
Local climate
Unicorn 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 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% 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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