Essex Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1993. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Essex Cottage

WRENN ID
lapsed-rampart-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1993
Type
Cottage
Address
Essex Cottage, High Street, Godshill, PO38 3HH
OS grid reference
SZ 527 817
Coordinates
50.63306, -1.2548
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Essex Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage located on the southwest side of High Street in Godshill. It is constructed from coursed stone rubble, featuring red brick dressings and ashlar end quoins. The cottage has a slate roof with end brick chimney-stacks and stands two storeys tall with three windows. The windows are 19th-century casements, and there is a central four-panelled door. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Essex 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 10 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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