Ancient and Modern is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage.
Ancient and Modern
- WRENN ID
- salt-ember-starling
- 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
- Ancient and Modern, the Street, Pulham St. Mary
- OS grid reference
- TM 212 852
- Coordinates
- 52.42037, 1.25303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ancient and Modern is a late 17th century to early 18th century timber-frame cottage that has been rendered. It features a thatched roof with gabled ends and a central brick chimney stack. The building is one storey with an attic, which has windows in the end gables. There are two windows fitted with modern casements that include glazing bars. At each end of the cottage, there is a modern single-storey flat-roof addition. Additionally, there is a large modern wing at the rear of the cottage, which is rendered and has a pantile roof, also one storey with an attic.
Local climate
Ancient and Modern sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% 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 66% 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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