Shoestring is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. House. 2 related planning applications.
Shoestring
- WRENN ID
- gentle-span-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- House
- Address
- Shoestring, 8, Cross and Pillory Lane, Alton, GU34 1HL
- OS grid reference
- SU 716 392
- Coordinates
- 51.14826, -0.97754
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Shoestring is a 17th-century building located on Cross and Pillory Lane. It is timber-framed and has been altered over time. The structure has two storeys and consists of three bays. The ground floor features a central doorway that is flanked by pilasters, with a modern shop front on the left and a tripartite window on the right. The first floor is adorned with sash windows. Additionally, there is coving and a tile-hung gable facing Market Square.
Local climate
Shoestring 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 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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