Pockthorpe Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Pockthorpe Cottages
- WRENN ID
- muted-chapel-soot
- 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
- Pockthorpe Cottages, Pockthorpe Lane, Denton, IP20 0AS
- OS grid reference
- TM 275 887
- Coordinates
- 52.44913, 1.34771
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 17th-century timber-frame cottage, altered in the 19th century and recently modernised, is situated on Pockthorpe Lane in Denton. The walls are rendered, and the roof is covered with black glazed pantiles and has gabled ends. An internal brick chimney stack is located near the south-east end. The cottage has two storeys, featuring 19th-century and modern casement windows. A modern door is positioned off-centre. Inside, the exposed timber-framing and a chamfered fireplace bressumer are visible.
Local climate
Pockthorpe Cottages 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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