Muss 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.
Muss Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-gateway-hemlock
- 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
- Muss Cottage, Muss Lane, Kings Somborne, SO20 6PE
- OS grid reference
- SU 363 311
- Coordinates
- 51.07814, -1.48318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Muss Cottage is a cottage dating back to the 16th century, with partial rebuilding in the 18th century and restoration work in 1980. It is constructed of timber-frame and scantling timber, with a rendered finish. The cottage comprises one bay from the original 16th-century building, which served as the hall, two bays added in the 18th century to the left, and a 20th-century bay at the rear. The front elevation, which is one-and-a-half stories high and three bays wide, has blocked doorways between each bay; the right-hand doorway retains a narrow two-light casement window. Further two-light casement windows, dating to the 20th century, are found in each bay, along with a two-light eyebrow dormer window above. The roof is half-hipped and has chimney stacks at each end of the ridge.
Local climate
Muss 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- 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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