The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-window-nettle
- 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
- The Cottage, Rushall Road, Starston, IP20 9NE
- OS grid reference
- TM 229 833
- Coordinates
- 52.40305, 1.27552
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a 17th century timber-frame cottage that has been rendered. It features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends and a large internal brick chimney stack located at the south end. The building is two storeys high and has two windows with 19th century casements. There is a central plank door. Additionally, there is a 19th century one-storey addition on the north end and a lean-to on the south end.
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1997
- 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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