Lyme Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Fareham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1976. A C18 or earlier Cottage.
Lyme Cottage
- WRENN ID
- former-rafter-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fareham
- Constituency
- Fareham and Waterlooville MP: Suella Braverman (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- C18 or earlier
- Address
- Lyme Cottage, 186, Castle Street
- OS grid reference
- SU 622 047
- Coordinates
- 50.83905, -1.11723
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lyme Cottage is a building from the 18th century or earlier, located on Castle Street in Portchester. The facade is rendered with blue roughcast and features a steeply pitched old tiled roof. The cottage is a single storey and has two sash windows with moulded exposed frames and glazing bars. At the south end, there is also an entrance to No 188. Lyme Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 162 to 174 (even), the street boundary wall at No 174, Nos 182 to 190 (even), and No 196, as well as Nos 169 to 175 (odd), the railings and gate at No 169, and the street boundary wall at No 171. Notably, No 175 and No 196 are considered buildings of local interest.
Local climate
Lyme Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 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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