Victoria and Albert Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1972. Almshouses.

Victoria and Albert Cottages

WRENN ID
scarred-gable-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 January 1972
Type
Almshouses
Address
Victoria and Albert Cottages, 1-8, Beatrice Avenue, Whippingham
OS grid reference
SZ 511 936
Coordinates
50.74047, -1.27607
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Victoria and Albert Cottages, located on Beatrice Avenue, were built in 1880 for retired royal servants by order of Queen Victoria. This symmetrical group of almshouses features one storey and attics, constructed from deep red brick with a tiled roof. The cottages have gables at different levels and pitches, with a steeply pitched gable-ended roof that includes some fishscale tiles. There are dormers and casement windows with leaded lights that have hexagonal panes. The porches are varied, with grouped gabled and pointed designs, while Nos 1 and 8 have separate porches. The overall appearance is picturesque.

Local climate

Victoria and Albert Cottages 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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