Cottage Occupied by Mrs Matthew's is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A Georgian Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Cottage Occupied by Mrs Matthew's
- WRENN ID
- knotted-parapet-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Cottage Occupied by Mrs Matthew's, the Street, Starston, IP20 9NN
- OS grid reference
- TM 234 843
- Coordinates
- 52.41152, 1.28337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a late 18th century to early 19th century red brick semi-detached cottage, currently functioning as a single house. It features a black glazed pantile roof with a coped gable end and wide eaves. The structure has two storeys and includes two windows, which are 18th or 19th century three-light casements with glazing bars and flat rubbed brick arches. There are two central doorways, each with boarded doors, and two brick chimney stacks located behind the ridge.
Local climate
Cottage Occupied by Mrs Matthew's 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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