The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A C17 House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
solitary-fireplace-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, 2, Church Street, Bressingham
OS grid reference
TM 074 806
Coordinates
52.38496, 1.04639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th century timber-frame house located on Church Street in Bressingham. The exterior has modern rendering and features a new tiled steep roof with gable ends. The building is two storeys high and has two windows with modern casements. There is a brick chimney stack that is off centre and has been rebuilt. Inside, the house has chamfered beams, and there are lean-tos at each end of the structure.

Local climate

The 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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