Water Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Cottage. 9 related planning applications.
Water Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-string-rook
- 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
- Water Cottage, Abbotts Ann, SP11 7NR
- OS grid reference
- SU 332 438
- Coordinates
- 51.19256, -1.52591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Water Cottage is a large 18th-century cottage that has been restored and extended in the 20th century. It is located in Abbotts Ann, Little Ann. The original main block, which was formerly a pair of dwellings, is one storey high with an attic, and has a facade of two windows over four. It features a ½-hipped thatched roof with a catslide at the rear. The eaves are raised above the upper windows and lowered above an open porch and an east-side verandah. The walls are rendered. The windows are casement style. The doorway is simple in design. A 20th-century extension, built in a similar style, is situated almost detached at the north-east corner of the property.
Local climate
Water 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 greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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