Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hart local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1987. Cottage. 14 related planning applications.
Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- rough-corner-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hart
- Constituency
- North East Hampshire MP: Alex Brewer (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Fern Cottage, 1 and 2, Hares Lane, Hartley Wintney, RG27 8AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 769 574
- Coordinates
- 51.31056, -0.89671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fern Cottage is a range of two cottages dating to around the 17th century, with later 18th and 19th-century elements. The cottages are built of red brick, with timber framing and brick infilling to the right-hand side. The roofs are of clay tiles, with gable and hipped sections and a brick axial stack.
The cottages are arranged as a single storey and attic, with an asymmetrical three-window facade. The windows are mostly 2- and 3-light casements, alongside plank doors. The right-hand side features timber framing to the first floor, incorporating curved tension braces and brick infilling; the ground floor has been rebuilt in brick. The left-hand side is a lower brick range with a gable to the right.
The interior of the cottages has not been inspected.
A two-bay range at the right-hand end, known as Harebell Cottage, is a separate dwelling and not considered to be of special interest. Harebell Cottage incorporates a storey post and attached curved tension brace, remnants of a timber frame that forms part of the front of No. 2 Fern Cottage.
Local climate
Fern Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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.
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 14 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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