Willow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Willow Cottage

WRENN ID
little-passage-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Test Valley
Constituency
Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Willow Cottage, Romsey Road A3057, Kings Somborne, SO20 6PW
OS grid reference
SU 358 309
Coordinates
51.07693, -1.48896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Willow Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage located on the west side of Romsey Road (A3057) in Kings Somborne. The building is constructed of rendered cob and originally had a thatched slate roof. It is 1 and a half storeys tall and features two bays with a lean-to at the rear. There is a 20th-century flush door on the left and a 3-light casement window on the right. The roof is half-hipped and includes 2-light casements in the gables, with a central stack. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Willow 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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