The Keys is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1972. A C17 Former parsonage.
The Keys
- WRENN ID
- fossil-chalk-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1972
- Type
- Former parsonage
- Address
- The Keys, Church Road, Ryde
- OS grid reference
- SZ 574 927
- Coordinates
- 50.73162, -1.18695
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Keys, formerly known as Thatched Cottage, is a building that likely dates back to the 17th century. It is situated in the grounds of Binstead House and was once used as a parsonage. The structure is two storeys high and built from stone rubble, designed in a half H plan with two half hipped gables. The thatched roof features ornamented bargeboards that are partially obscured by the thatch. The building has three casement windows, with "Eyebrows" above the first-floor window located in the recessed centre. Below this window, there is a rustic wood porch topped with a slate roof.
Local climate
The Keys 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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