Murray Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Cottage.
Murray Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-bronze-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Murray Cottage, Andover Road, Monxton
- OS grid reference
- SU 314 444
- Coordinates
- 51.19853, -1.55116
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Murray Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that was re-clad in the early 19th century. It is constructed of cob and thatch and has one storey with an attic, featuring four above six windows. The cottage has a hipped roof with eyebrow dormers. The walls are rendered plain and sit on a plinth, with some exposed framing visible on the rear outshot. The windows are casements, and there is a boarded door set in a plain frame. Inside, there are remnants of the original timber-framed structure.
Local climate
Murray Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
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