Abbey Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1986. House, cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Abbey Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
twelfth-grate-mist
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
House, cottage
Address
Abbey Farm Cottages, Oakley Road, Mottisfont, SO51 0LQ
OS grid reference
SU 324 269
Coordinates
51.04062, -1.53879
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbey Farm Cottages is a house that has been converted into cottages, dating from the late 15th century with a 16th-century wing. It has undergone encasing in the 18th and 19th centuries. The structure features a timber frame that is encased in brick, with parts that are tile hung and rendered. The older section facing the road was originally a two-bay hall with a service bay and a solar above, but it is now two stories high and consists of three bays. The 16th-century wing at the rear of the hall bays is also two stories and three bays wide.

The front facing the road is made of 18th-century brick and includes three 16-pane sash windows, with the central window replacing a door. There is a raised brick band at the first floor level, above which are two 20th-century two-light casements that have replaced the original sashes. The building features end stacks, likely inserted in the 16th century. The left end of the 15th-century range has tile hanging on the first floor, while the 16th-century wing is rendered. The windows include 16-pane sashes, segmental head casements, and 20th-century casements and doors. The ridge of the roof is higher, with an outshot on the other side and a half-hipped end.

Internally, much of the 15th-century frame remains intact. The central open hall truss has an arch-braced collar and false hammerbeams, along with remnants of windows and a cross-passage. The 16th-century stack features stone fireplaces on each floor.

Local climate

Abbey Farm Cottages 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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