Norbank Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Norbank Cottage

WRENN ID
fallen-alcove-dust
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
Norbank Cottage, School Road, Bressingham, IP22 2AD
OS grid reference
TM 077 809
Coordinates
52.38721, 1.05132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Norbank Cottage, also known as the Old Post Office, is a 17th-century timber-frame building, now rendered. It has a steeply pitched gable-ended roof covered with new pantiles. The cottage is two storeys high with an attic, and has two windows. The first floor has 3 and 4-light casements from the 19th or 20th century. The ground floor has modern casements with glazing bars, and a modern glazed door positioned centrally. There are chimney stacks at both ends of the building. An attic window is located in the gable end. A modern, single-storey wing extends from the north side (right). A fire insurance plaque is on the south chimney stack. The interior retains ovolo moulded chamfered beams, along with other chamfered beams.

Local climate

Norbank 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
  • 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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