Fernhill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1993. Cottage.

Fernhill Cottage

WRENN ID
sharp-moat-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1993
Type
Cottage
Address
Fernhill Cottage, 35, Bleak Hill, Ellingham, Harbridge and Ibsley
OS grid reference
SU 138 110
Coordinates
50.89913, -1.80442
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fernhill Cottage is a detached cottage dating from the 18th century, with repairs made in the 19th century. The building is constructed of cob, with the south elevation and east wall repaired using Flemish garden wall band brick. It features a straw thatch roof with a plain ridge, eyebrow dormers, and a brick stack on the western side. The cottage is 1½ storeys tall and has a symmetrical facade with two windows.

The central porch is vertically boarded and made of rough timber, topped with a corrugated iron roof and featuring a part-glazed door. This porch is flanked by two flush-framed 2-light casements; the window on the west side is set under a timber lintel, while the one on the east is under a cambered brick arch. The corresponding dormers also have similar 2-light casements.

On the eastern elevation, there is a small 4-pane flush framed casement at the first floor above a vertically boarded rough timber outshut, which also has a corrugated iron roof. The northern elevation includes a 2-light flush framed casement on the west side and a small casement on the east side, both located at ground floor level. The western elevation features a single high 2-pane casement.

Inside, the cottage consists of one full-depth room with an open fireplace on the west side, and to the east, there is a room that has been subdivided to create a staircase leading to the rear. There are two rooms on the first floor, and the interior includes contemporary joinery, including doors and ironmongery.

Local climate

Fernhill Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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