Arthur Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1971. Cottage.

Arthur Cottage

WRENN ID
worn-oriel-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1971
Type
Cottage
Address
Arthur Cottage, York Avenue, East Cowes
OS grid reference
SZ 511 947
Coordinates
50.7505, -1.2767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Arthur Cottage, built around 1850, is an estate cottage associated with the Osborne Estate and named after one of Queen Victoria's sons. It is designed in the Italianate style and features a stucco exterior with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and a total of seven windows. The end bays project slightly and have double round-headed sash windows on the first floor, while the ground floor features three-light sash windows with shutters. A wide wooden bracket eaves cornice and a stringcourse add to its architectural detail. The recessed center includes a slated verandah supported by five chamfered wooden piers, with five windows, the central one being a three-light window. There are also two simple doorcases, each with rectangular fanlights.

Local climate

Arthur Cottage 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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