April Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1986. A C17 Cottage.
April Cottage
- WRENN ID
- patient-pediment-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- April Cottage, Selborne
- OS grid reference
- SU 770 361
- Coordinates
- 51.11987, -0.90107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the 17th century, with 18th-century recladding and a 19th-century extension. The building features painted stone on the main structure, with a polygonal extension on the south side, brick quoins, and cambered arches. It has a half-hipped thatched roof, eyebrow dormers, and a catslide roof at the rear. The front (east) elevation is one storey high with an attic and includes four windows with casements, along with two plain doorways. The north and part of the rear walls display exposed framing with plaster infill, indicating that the front wall was originally attached.
Local climate
April Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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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