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
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.
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