Turnpike Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage. 8 related planning applications.

Turnpike Cottage

WRENN ID
tenth-wall-owl
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
Turnpike Cottage, the Turnpike, Carleton Rode, NR16 1NL
OS grid reference
TM 105 910
Coordinates
52.47693, 1.09937
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Turnpike Cottage is a 17th and 18th century timber-frame cottage located on the Turnpike in Carleton Rode. The cottage has been plastered and is roofed with thatch, featuring gabled and half-hipped ends. It is a one-storey and attic building with two windows, which are modern casements. There are also modern dormers. A central brick chimney stack is present. Modern additions include a porch at the center and a lean-to on the south end.

Local climate

Turnpike 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 86% 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 62% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 16 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 8 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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