The Old Alarm is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1974. Commercial building.
The Old Alarm
- WRENN ID
- bitter-cornice-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1974
- Type
- Commercial building
- Address
- The Old Alarm, Quay Hill, Lymington and Pennington, SO41 3AR
- OS grid reference
- SZ 327 956
- Coordinates
- 50.7592, -1.53761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Alarm is a late 18th century to early 19th century corner building located at the junction of Quay Hill and Quay Street. It features three angled faces and is constructed of red brick with silver grey headers and wide eaves. The building stands three storeys tall, with one window on each facade, all of which are sash windows with glazing bars.
On the ground floor, there is a small 19th century shop window in the center, although it is no longer used as a shop. There are two doors: the southern door is flanked by pilasters and has a modillion cornice above, with two arched lights in the top half of the door. The northern door has a small bracketed hood and a six-panelled door, of which the top two panels are now glazed. The northern part of the facade features a large blank painted panel.
The listed buildings on Quay Hill, along with the pavement surface and bollards, form a group of Grade II* quality due to their significant shop fronts.
Local climate
The Old Alarm receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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