Middleton Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1994. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Middleton Farm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lone-pillar-pearl
- 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
- Middleton Farm Cottage, Alum Bay Old Road, Freshwater, PO40 9RP
- OS grid reference
- SZ 332 860
- Coordinates
- 50.67333, -1.53129
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Middleton Farm Cottage is a cottage that was inscribed "1514" and restored in 1884 by Alfred Lord Tennyson. It is constructed of stone rubble with ironstone on the front elevation and features red brick dressings. The cottage has a tiled roof with three brick chimneystacks and three gabled dormers. It is two storeys high and has four windows, which are casements with terracotta surrounds that include vine leaf motifs. There are two gabled doorcases. While little remains of the earlier farmhouse, the cottage serves as an interesting example of the architectural style associated with the Tennyson estate.
Local climate
Middleton Farm 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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