Virginia Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1987. Cottage.
Virginia Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sunken-attic-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Virginia Cottage, School Lane, Breamore
- OS grid reference
- SU 158 178
- Coordinates
- 50.96022, -1.77602
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Virginia Cottage is a cottage that was originally two separate dwellings. It dates from the 18th century, with an extension added to the north side in the early 19th century. The walls are constructed of brickwork in Flemish bond, featuring cambered openings on the ground floor and a band at the first floor level. The roof is tiled and includes scalloped bands. The building has two storeys and is designed with two windows on the ground floor and one on the first floor. It has wide sash windows set in exposed frames and a panelled door within a solid frame.
Local climate
Virginia 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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