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

Walnut Cottages

WRENN ID
weathered-keep-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Norfolk
Constituency
South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 June 1981
Type
Cottage
Address
Walnut Cottages, 1 and 2, Aslacton Road, Forncett, NR16 1LT
OS grid reference
TM 163 925
Coordinates
52.48782, 1.18461
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Cottages, located on Aslacton Road in Forncett St Peter, is a mid-18th century range of cottages. The cottages are constructed from plastered clay lump and feature a pantile roof with gabled ends. They are two storeys high and have four windows, which are two-light casements with glazing bars. The doors are modern, and there is a lean-to structure on the west end.

Local climate

Walnut Cottages 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 89% 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 65% 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
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • 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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