Elm Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Elm Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
worn-chancel-smoke
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
Elm Tree Cottage, Houghton, SO20 6LH
OS grid reference
SU 342 325
Coordinates
51.09143, -1.51195
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elm Tree Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the 16th century but was altered in the 18th century. It features a timber frame with colourwashed brick infill and an addition. The roof is covered with shingles, which was formerly thatched. The cottage has a central 19th-century half-glazed four-panel door that is sheltered by a pent-roofed hood. On either side of the door, there are two-light casement windows. Above, in the gabled dormer, there is another two-light casement window. The roof is half-hipped, with a ridge stack positioned above the door, and there is an outshot with a swept-down roof extending from the half-hip.

Local climate

Elm Tree 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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