The Clerk's Cottage 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.
The Clerk's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- blind-minaret-azure
- 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
- The Clerk's Cottage, Church Lane, Winfarthing, IP22 2EA
- OS grid reference
- TM 109 858
- Coordinates
- 52.42955, 1.10106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Clerk's Cottage is a small timber-framed cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is rendered and features a steep pantile roof with gabled ends. There is an internal brick chimney stack located at the east end of the building. The cottage has one storey and an attic, with an attic window in the gable end. A modern bay window has been added, along with a modern wing to the south-west that has a flat roof and incorporates a garage. Additionally, there is a one-storey flat roof modern addition to the north (rear).
Local climate
The Clerk's 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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