The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1960. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- brooding-cellar-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Abbotts Ann Road, Monxton, SP11 8AS
- OS grid reference
- SU 314 443
- Coordinates
- 51.1974, -1.55179
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is an 18th-century cottage that has been restored. It is constructed of cob and thatch and has one storey with an attic, featuring two sections of windows above three others. The roof is half-hipped, with the exposed frame visible in the north-west gable, and the eaves are raised above the upper windows. The walls are rendered, and the windows are casements. There is a 20th-century solid porch with a gabled tile roof.
Local climate
The Old 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% 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
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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