Japonica Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. A C18 or early C19 Cottage.

Japonica Cottage

WRENN ID
under-ember-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
Cottage
Period
C18 or early C19
Address
Japonica Cottage, B3399, Brighstone
OS grid reference
SZ 424 829
Coordinates
50.64452, -1.40143
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Japonica Cottage is a cottage dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed clunch and features a thatched roof with two brick chimneystacks. The building has two storeys and four windows, which are 19th-century casements. A gabled weather porch made of clunch has a tiled roof. The left gable includes an original small wooden square mullioned window, while there is a stuccoed wing on the left side.

Local climate

Japonica Cottage receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% 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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