Philomel is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Philomel
- WRENN ID
- errant-groin-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Philomel, 5, Wilsons Square, Redenhall with Harleston, IP20 9AY
- OS grid reference
- TM 246 835
- Coordinates
- 52.40337, 1.30133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Philomel is a small 17th-century cottage located in Wilsons Square, Harleston, Redenhall with Harleston. The north end wall is plastered and faced with painted brick. The cottage has a steeply pitched pantile roof with gabled ends. It is one storey high with an attic, featuring small casement windows and an attic window in the gable end. A modern single-storey addition and dormer are present on the east side. A chimney stack is located at the south end.
Local climate
Philomel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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