The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- noble-ashlar-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Chalkcroft Lane, Penton Mewsey, SP11 0RQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 329 477
- Coordinates
- 51.22814, -1.5291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house, originally built as a pair, in the early 19th century and restored in 1983. It is constructed of brick with some flint and features a detached roof. The symmetrical front, facing east, has two storeys with four windows above two. The roof is half hipped with a catslide at the rear, and the gables are framed in timber. The brick walls have a scattered pattern of flint pockets and cambered openings on the ground floor. The north side has an outshot with a tiled roof, rendered walls, and two doorways.
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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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