Smithy cottage and Priory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 3 related planning applications.
Smithy cottage and Priory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sheer-chamber-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Smithy cottage and Priory Cottage, the Street, Hempnall, NR15 2AD
- OS grid reference
- TM 240 944
- Coordinates
- 52.50201, 1.29969
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Smithy Cottage and Priory Cottage are a 17th-century timber-frame house that was later encased in red brick during the 20th century. The house has a steep, modern tiled roof with gabled ends. It is two stories high and has a four-window front. The windows are 20th-century sashes, and there is a glazed front door. A brick chimney stack is located off-center and at the west end of the building. A single-story plastered wing with a steep pantile roof extends from the west end.
Local climate
Smithy cottage and Priory 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 5 transactions since 2004
- 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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