Bishopwood is a Grade II* listed building in the Fareham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1955. A C19 Residential.
Bishopwood
- WRENN ID
- floating-rafter-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Fareham
- Constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville MP: Suella Braverman (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1955
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Bishopwood, the Avenue
- OS grid reference
- SU 567 061
- Coordinates
- 50.85187, -1.19582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishopwood is an early 19th century Gothick cottage ornee, originally known as Blackbrook, located on the south side of The Avenue in Fareham. The building features a roughcast facade and a thatched roof with a wide overhang that is scalloped to create eyebrows above the first-floor windows. These windows are flanked by columns resembling rough tree trunks. The cottage is two storeys high and has six windows.
The south front includes three curved projections on both floors, with two of these containing large tripartite windows. The first-floor windows are Venetian, with one featuring a pointed centre light, while the ground floor has one window with three round-arched lights and another with three pointed lights. The remaining windows are sash windows.
On the north facade, pointed casements with Gothick glazing are present, and the ground floor windows resemble church windows with tracery. A large room was added to the ground floor on the north side, connected to the main house by a corridor and porch. Bishopwood serves as the residence of the Bishop of Portsmouth. The property, along with its gate piers and Blackbrook Lodge, forms a cohesive group.
Local climate
Bishopwood receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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