Yafford House is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1951. A C18 House.

Yafford House

WRENN ID
north-hall-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Isle of Wight
Constituency
Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1951
Type
House
Address
Yafford House, Doctor's Lane, Shorwell
OS grid reference
SZ 450 816
Coordinates
50.63303, -1.36397
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yafford House is a house built in the early 18th century, with an L-wing added in the early 19th century. The front is faced with coursed ashlar, while the right side is stuccoed. It has a slate roof that is concealed by stone coping. The building stands three storeys high with a basement and features five windows. There is a parapet with stone coping and end pilasters. The sash windows are set in moulded architraves with keystones, and the central first-floor windows have a Gibbs surround. The second floor has six-pane 18th-century sashes, the first floor has twelve-pane 18th-century sashes, and the ground floor has twelve-pane early 19th-century sashes. The central doorcase is pedimented with a Gibbs surround and features a half-glazed door, accessed by three steps. The house has a plinth and the basement includes round-headed windows with keystones. The L-wing to the south is two storeys high and faced with Roman cement. The first floor has three twelve-pane cambered sashes with keystones, and the ground floor features arched windows with impost blocks.

Local climate

Yafford House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% 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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