The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1991. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- leaning-entrance-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1991
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Willows, Brooke Road, Seething, NR15 1DP
- OS grid reference
- TM 304 982
- Coordinates
- 52.53334, 1.39699
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is a late 18th or early 19th century cottage situated in Seething Brooke. The building is constructed of clay lump and has a thatched roof. It originally comprised two rooms, with a 20th-century porch added to the rear. The front facade is regular, with two bays and two storeys. A brick plinth runs along the base of the building. The ground floor has two 12-pane casement windows with Gothic glazing bars, and a plank door is located to the left. Above, there are two 8-pane casement windows with matching Gothic glazing bars. A central axial stack provides ventilation and light. A sun room has been added to the ground floor of the right-hand gable wall, alongside a further 8-pane casement window to the first floor. The rear elevation features a 19th-century casement window and two ground floor and two first floor windows, with a 20th-century casement placed between them. The gable wall facing the road has been repaired, and a further 8-pane casement window is present on the first floor.
Local climate
The Willows sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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