Moat Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 1 related planning application.

Moat Cottage

WRENN ID
tilted-pedestal-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
House
Address
Moat Cottage, the Street, Alburgh, IP20 0DP
OS grid reference
TM 261 877
Coordinates
52.441, 1.32634
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moat Cottage is a 17th-century timber-frame house located in the parish of Aldburgh. It has been plastered over, with a steep tiled roof featuring gabled ends. A brick chimney stack is centrally positioned and has three shafts. The house is two storeys high, with two small, two-light casement windows. Modern doors are located on the left and right sides of the facade.

Local climate

Moat 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2006
  • 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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