Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 November 1984. Cottage.
Folly
- WRENN ID
- watchful-joist-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 November 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Folly, Leckford Lane
- OS grid reference
- SU 366 368
- Coordinates
- 51.13011, -1.47731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as the Folly is a pair of cottages that have been converted into a single cottage. It dates from the late 18th century and early 19th century. The structure is made of rendered cob, brick, and features a flint band addition, topped with a thatched roof. Originally, it was a two-storey, two-bay cottage facing the road, with an additional bay added to one end.
The cottage has a planked door located in a gabled weatherboard and tile porch between the road-facing bays, and another planked door at the far end of the original building. Each bay features an irregular three-light casement window, with a similar three-light casement on the first floor. The roof is hipped and sweeps down to the rear, with a ridge piece. There is a ridge stack positioned above the door and a projecting stack on the far end hip.
Local climate
Folly 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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