Old Walls is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1974. A C18 Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Old Walls

WRENN ID
grim-pilaster-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
New Forest
Constituency
New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 October 1974
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Old Walls, Church Hill, Milford-On-Sea, SO41 0QJ
OS grid reference
SZ 290 920
Coordinates
50.72747, -1.58984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Walls is an 18th-century farmhouse located on the south side of Church Hill in Milford on Sea. The building is constructed of red brick and features a brick eaves cornice and a tiled roof. It stands two storeys high and has five windows. The ground floor has sash windows with glazing bars, while the first floor features two early 19th-century casement windows with arched heads, flanking a roundel. Old Walls is listed for its group value, as it is situated in an important corner position opposite All Saints' Church, and is part of a group that includes the Milford House Hotel and Orchard Cottage on Greenbanks Close.

Local climate

Old Walls receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 93% 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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