Cattle shelter at Norris Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 2016. Cattle shelter. 1 related planning application.
Cattle shelter at Norris Castle
- WRENN ID
- sheer-grate-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 2016
- Type
- Cattle shelter
- Address
- Cattle shelter at Norris Castle, New Barn Road, East Cowes, PO32 6AZ
- OS grid reference
- SZ 510 960
- Coordinates
- 50.76208, -1.27701
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cattle shelter at Norris Castle is an early 19th-century building constructed for Lord Henry Seymour. It is made of coursed rubble and features a slate roof.
This rectangular, single-storey structure has a hipped slate roof with red ridge tiles and is built into the west boundary wall of the estate. The main façade faces east towards the park and includes a wide square-headed opening with a timber lintel, which has replaced two earlier round-headed arched doorways and their dividing wall. The stone voussoirs that formed the outer jambs and outer arches of the original doorways remain intact.
On the south elevation, there is a small square-headed two-light window, although the casements and fixed panes are no longer present. A four-panelled door located at the south end of the west wall provides access to the adjoining property. The north elevation is currently blind but shows possible traces of a blocked opening. Inside, the cattle shelter features a clasped purlin roof supported by struts and dragon ties.
Local climate
Cattle shelter at Norris Castle 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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