Upper Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 January 1967. Cottages.

Upper Houses

WRENN ID
drifting-portal-primrose
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
Cottages
Address
Upper Houses, 1-4, Upper House Lane, Chale
OS grid reference
SZ 487 778
Coordinates
50.59824, -1.31216
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Upper Houses consists of four cottages located in Chale. Cottages 1 and 2 date from the late 17th century, while cottages 3 and 4 are likely an 18th-century addition, slightly taller but designed in a similar style. The cottages are constructed from Isle of Wight stone rubble and feature a tiled roof with brick chimney stacks. They are two stories high with attics in the gable ends. The building has a total of nine windows arranged in a 4:5 pattern, with some windows framed in 17th-century surrounds, although there are also 20th-century windows present. The cottages have a deep plinth, and the south gable is adorned with stone coping, kneelers, and dripstones above the windows.

Local climate

Upper Houses 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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