Shepherds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Shepherds Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-thatch-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Shepherds Cottage, Rectory Lane, Breamore, SP6 2EH
OS grid reference
SU 158 181
Coordinates
50.96221, -1.77543
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shepherds Cottage is an 18th-century cottage featuring an exposed timber frame with rendered panels. It has a half-hipped thatch roof with a catslide at the rear and eyebrow dormers. The front of the cottage is brought forward above a large porch. The building is one storey with an attic and has irregular window arrangements, with casements, some of which have cast-iron frames.

Local climate

Shepherds Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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