Lisle Combe is a Grade II* listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1976. Cottage orné. 1 related planning application.

Lisle Combe

WRENN ID
vacant-bastion-thrush
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 July 1976
Type
Cottage orné
Address
Lisle Combe, Undercliffe Drive, Ventnor, PO38 1UW
OS grid reference
SZ 542 767
Coordinates
50.5882, -1.23465
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lisle Combe is an early 19th-century large "cottage ornée" located on Undercliff Drive in St Lawrence. It is one of the early residences in the Undercliff area, set in spacious grounds below the road. The building is constructed of stone rubble with quoins and features an asymmetrical design. Notable architectural elements include numerous openwork bargeboard gables with finials, mullioned diamond leaded casements with drip moulds, and a two-storey gabled porch that has a small first-floor oriel and a four-centred arched entrance. The steep slate roofs are complemented by red brick Tudor-style chimneys and overhanging eaves.

The south garden front is asymmetrical, with a recessed section featuring two hipped bargeboard gables to the southwest. The center block has two gables over its outer bays, each with small oriels, and two gabled dormers at the center. A ground floor tiled roof verandah with a central gable enhances the façade. The wings of the building include rectangular part roof bay windows on the first floor, and a projecting right-hand gabled block features a broad break, similar diamond leaded casements, and marginal glazing. The west return of this block has an oriel bay window beneath its gable, contributing to the picturesque composition of the property. Lisle Combe is associated with the Yarborough family.

Local climate

Lisle Combe 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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