White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. Cottage.

White Cottage

WRENN ID
stranded-pinnacle-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
White Cottage, Penwood, Highclere
OS grid reference
SU 446 612
Coordinates
51.34876, -1.36016
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White Cottage is a building dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a one-storey structure with an attic and features a thatched roof, which is complemented by two eyebrow dormers. The east end of the cottage displays exposed timber-framing that is brick-nogged, while the majority of the walls are constructed of painted brickwork in English and Flemish bonds, featuring cambered openings. There are signs of alterations, including a filled former opening that has a plaque dated 1677. The cottage has casement windows and a brick porch.

Local climate

White Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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