The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-cobble-rush
- 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, the Street, Brockdish
- OS grid reference
- TM 213 796
- Coordinates
- 52.37009, 1.25003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a late 17th century to early 18th century timber-frame house located on the north side of The Street in Brockdish. The building is plastered and features a steep black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends. It has two storeys and an attic, with an attic window in the end gable. The house consists of two bays and includes early 19th century three-light casement windows. The central entrance is framed by an early 19th century doorcase, which is adorned with reeded pilasters and a cornice supported by console brackets.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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