Orchard Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Former farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Orchard Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hollow-footing-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Former farmhouse
- Address
- Orchard Cottage, the Green, Saxlingham Nethergate, NR15 1TG
- OS grid reference
- TM 239 966
- Coordinates
- 52.522, 1.29937
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Cottage is a former farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages and is now a single dwelling. It dates from the 16th and 17th centuries, with later alterations. The building features a timber frame that has been partially refaced in the 17th century with brickwork arranged in a diaper pattern. It has a pantiled roof and stands two storeys high, with a small attic room located to the south.
The east facade showcases two late 16th century two-light diamond mullion windows, one of which was originally a four-light window. There is a window with empty diamond mullion mortices and a 17th century four-light ovolo-moulded mullion window with chamfered brick reveals. Additionally, there are four blocked pigeon niches beneath the eaves and shaped eaves sprockets.
The building has a 19th century extension on the side and a 20th century extension at the rear. It includes one off-centre axial stack and one later gable-end stack. Inside, the roof structure features clasped purlins with reduced principals, cambered collars, and wind bracing that can be seen in the single attic room.
Local climate
Orchard Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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