The Cottage the Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Cottage.

The Cottage the Old Cottage

WRENN ID
mired-terrace-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1994
Type
Cottage
Address
The Cottage the Old Cottage, St James's Street, Yarmouth, PO41 0NU
OS grid reference
SZ 354 896
Coordinates
50.70537, -1.49945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pair of double pile houses. Circa 1760.

These are a pair of cottages from the early 19th century. The Cottage is finished with roughcast over stucco featuring incised lines, while The Old Cottage is entirely stuccoed with incised lines. Both have tiled roofs and are two storeys tall with four windows. The Cottage has mid 19th century sashes on the first floor with verticals only, and the ground floor features 20th century four-light windows and a small fixed casement. It also has a left side doorcase with a flat hood supported by brackets and a 20th century plank door. The Old Cottage has a mid 19th century six-pane sash with horns on the left side of the first floor and a 20th century three-light casement on the right. The ground floor includes a mid 19th century six-pane sash with horns on the left and a 20th century three-light casement on the right. It features a flat wooden hood with brackets and a 20th century plank door. The left side has a gable with moulded wooden bargeboards. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The Cottage the Old Cottage 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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