Alton House Shirley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1972. House.

Alton House Shirley Cottage

WRENN ID
graven-rotunda-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1972
Type
House
Address
Alton House Shirley Cottage, High Street, Nettlestone and Seaview
OS grid reference
SZ 629 915
Coordinates
50.72029, -1.11018
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Alton House, also known as Shirley Cottage, is a late 18th century building located on High Street in Seaview. It is constructed from stone rubble and brick and consists of two storeys and an attic. Originally, it was one house and features a gable end roof covered with old tiles and an eaves cornice. The building has three dormers, with two being original flat-roofed and one added in the early 19th century. There are four recessed sash windows with glazing bars, and to the left, there are superimposed wooden bay windows with three lights and glazing bars. The ground floor has a French window entrance, and a yellow brick bay has been added to the right side, extending through both storeys.

Local climate

Alton House Shirley Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • No EPC on record for this property
  • No sale records on file
  • No related consent applications matched
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Premises Occupied by Lloyds Bank Grade II 18 m
  2. West Cottage Grade II 56 m
  3. Vectis Cottage Grade II 68 m
  4. Church of St Peter Grade II 119 m
  5. Seafield House Grade II 168 m
  6. Sandlands Cottage Grade II 270 m
  7. Old Rose Cottage Grade II 308 m
  8. Salterns Cottage Saltmeads Cottage Grade II 373 m
  9. By the Way the Sprat Grade II 375 m
  10. Old Salterns Cottage Grade II 376 m