Bishops Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Basingstoke and Deane local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1984. Cottage.

Bishops Cottage

WRENN ID
inner-ledge-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Bishops Cottage, Dummer Down Lane
OS grid reference
SU 583 456
Coordinates
51.2075, -1.16571
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bishops Cottage is a late 18th century building that stands two storeys high and features three windows. The roof is thatched, hipped, and lowered on the north side. The walls are made of painted brick in English bond, with cambered openings on the ground floor. The windows are casements, and there is a plain door located at the rear of the cottage.

Local climate

Bishops Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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