Oak Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Oak Cottage

WRENN ID
sombre-rafter-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1951
Type
Cottage
Address
Oak Cottage, Main Street, Shorwell, PO30 3JL
OS grid reference
SZ 456 829
Coordinates
50.64464, -1.35508
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oak Cottage is a cottage that likely dates from the early 18th century, with a wing added in 1773 and alterations made in the mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed ironstone rubble and features a roof that is partially thatched and partially covered with slate, along with three brick chimneystacks. The building is L-shaped, with the front part being one and a half storeys tall and featuring five windows in the attic, which are five casements with thatch forming eyebrows. The ground floor has two three-light casements and one blocked window to the left.

On the left side, there is a late 18th century or early 19th century door with six fielded panels, two of which are glazed, and a later wooden porch supported by chamfered posts and trelliswork. The right side includes a late 18th century lean-to outbuilding with one window. The left side L wing has two full storeys and features two sashes with verticals only.

Inside, the cottage has an open fireplace with an arch leading to a bread oven, and a chamfered spine beam with lambs tongue stops, along with joists that also have lambs tongue stops. The parlour contains brick piers and an arched stone lintel, as well as 19th century china cupboards, one of which has serpentine shelves, and a book cupboard on the opposite side.

Local climate

Oak Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 7 transactions since 1996
  • 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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