Mount Cleves is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Mount Cleves
- WRENN ID
- sharp-cinder-stoat
- 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
- Mount Cleves, Sandrock Road, Niton and Whitwell
- OS grid reference
- SZ 500 758
- Coordinates
- 50.58062, -1.29506
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mount Cleves is an office for a caravan park that was originally a house built in the 18th century and altered and refronted in 1829. The building is finished in stucco and features a hipped slate roof with stuccoed chimneystacks. It consists of two parallel ranges, is two storeys high, and has three windows across the front. The wide eaves cornice adds to its architectural detail.
The east front is notable for its giant Ionic pilasters, with most first-floor windows featuring six glazing bars, while the ground floor windows do not have any glazing bars. A Tuscan portico enhances the entrance. The south front has four windows, including two projecting hipped end bays with giant Ionic pilasters. The first floor has four sashes with six glazing bars, while the ground floor windows lack glazing bars. The recessed centre includes wooden shutters and is flanked by a colonnade of square columns leading to French windows. A plinth supports the structure.
To the left side, there is a one-storey conservatory link from the mid-19th century, which is also stuccoed and features a ramped parapet adorned with three elaborate urns. This section includes two eight-pane sashes and double doors with a rectangular fanlight above. Inside, there is an early lead water cistern for a water closet dating from around 1820. Historically, in 1802, a lead merchant who owned the Mortimer Foundry in Newport lived here.
Local climate
Mount Cleves 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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