The Covey is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
The Covey
- WRENN ID
- bitter-mantel-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- North West Hampshire MP: Kit Malthouse (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Covey, Tangley
- OS grid reference
- SU 352 508
- Coordinates
- 51.256, -1.49566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Covey is a cottage, originally two separate cottages, dating from the late 18th century. It features flint and thatch construction and is one storey high with an attic, comprising five windows. The building has eyebrow dormers and lower eaves on the east side. The flint walls are accented with brick dressings, bands, and cambered arches. The windows are casements. There is a 20th-century brick porch with a hipped tile roof.
Local climate
The Covey 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 lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2009
- No related consent applications matched
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