Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Old House
- WRENN ID
- late-fireplace-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 April 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old House, School Lane, Michelmersh and Timsbury, SO51 0NQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 344 263
- Coordinates
- 51.03524, -1.50981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old House is a cottage dating back to the 17th century, with later additions from the 18th and 20th centuries. The original core is timber-framed and has been clad in brick, with a thatched roof. It is a one-and-a-half-story building, originally three bays wide, with a bay added to the left and outshots at each end, and a 20th-century wing to the rear.
The front of the cottage is one-and-a-half stories and four bays wide, with outshots to the sides. A wide, projecting timber and thatched porch is on the right side of the central bay, featuring open seating in front and a ledged door flanked by leaded windows. There are two-light segmental-head casement windows to each side, with a leaded three-light oriel window with a segmental roof set outside. A two-light casement window is in the left bay, and single casements are in the outshots. A weather-boarded outshot is on the right. The roof is hipped and swept down with a ridge piece. A T-shaped stack is located above the front door.
Local climate
Old House receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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