Toolshed, Osborne Estate is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Toolshed.

Toolshed, Osborne Estate

WRENN ID
dark-threshold-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
Toolshed
Address
Toolshed, Osborne Estate, Whippingham Road, East Cowes
OS grid reference
SZ 525 948
Coordinates
50.75049, -1.25703
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Toolshed on the Osborne Estate, located on Whippingham Road in East Cowes, dates from the mid to late 19th century. This purpose-built structure was designed to store the royal children's garden tools. It features a simple weatherboarded exterior and has a hipped thatched roof, which is supported by two rustic piers on the east elevation.

Local climate

Toolshed, Osborne Estate receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% 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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