The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. House.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
scarred-pewter-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Horseshoe Lane, Hurstbourne Tarrant
OS grid reference
SU 378 538
Coordinates
51.28245, -1.45937
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a house built in 1751, with a 20th-century cross wing. It features a brick and thatch construction. The original front, facing east, is symmetrical and consists of one storey and an attic with two windows. The roof is half-hipped, with a catslide at the rear and eaves raised above the upper windows; the 20th-century wing has a hipped roof. The brickwork is in Flemish bond with blue headers, and there is a first-floor band, rubbed flat arches over the ground floor windows, and a plinth. The later north gable includes a squared knapped flint wall with brick quoins and exposed framing in the upper part, while the 20th-century walls are made of red brick. The windows are casements, and there is a French door along with a half-glazed porch at the rear. A plaque on the building is inscribed with "WAS 1751."

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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