Slipway Cottage Townsend House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. House. 1 related planning application.
Slipway Cottage Townsend House
- WRENN ID
- tangled-quartz-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Slipway Cottage Townsend House, Victoria Parade, Cowes, PO31 7QJ
- OS grid reference
- SZ 495 963
- Coordinates
- 50.7648, -1.29852
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Slipway Cottage Townsend House is an early 19th century pair of houses located on Victoria Parade in West Cowes. The building is constructed of white brick and features a slate roof. It stands two storeys tall with attics, showcasing a total of seven windows and four dormers. The structure has a parapet and includes sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. A large 19th century bay window is positioned centrally on both the ground and first floors. On either side of this bay, there are doorcases adorned with pilasters, a pediment, and a semi-circular fanlight.
Local climate
Slipway Cottage Townsend House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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