The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-shingle-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old House, St James's Street, Yarmouth
- OS grid reference
- SZ 354 896
- Coordinates
- 50.70551, -1.49952
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a house dated 1625, as indicated by the datestone on the front elevation, and it has been altered in the early to mid 19th century. It is constructed from Isle of Wight stone rubble, featuring ashlar quoins and some red brick dressings. The roof is tiled, with end brick stacks, and the gable ends have stone coping and kneelers. The building has two storeys and attics with four windows.
On the first floor, there is one tripartite early 19th-century sash window, one early 19th-century 16-pane sash window, a small 20th-century window, and a 19th-century two-storey bay window on the right side. The ground floor has two 12-paned bays above and a nine-paned sash window. The doorcase, located in a stone extension, is early 19th-century with a cambered surround, fanlight, impost blocks, and 20th-century plank doors. There is also a small three-light round-headed window on the side.
Inside, the house features an early 17th-century stone fireplace with a stone lintel and carved sides. One spine beam has a lambs tongue stop and three grooves, while another is roll moulded. The first floor includes a two-inch chamfered axial beam with a lambs tongue stop. The attic contains an early 18th-century two-panelled door and a roof supported by principal rafters.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% 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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