Wiremead is a Grade II listed building in the Test Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Wiremead
- WRENN ID
- dusk-gallery-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Test Valley
- Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North MP: Caroline Nokes (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Wiremead, Amport, SP11 8LR
- OS grid reference
- SU 297 454
- Coordinates
- 51.2079, -1.57533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wiremead is a late 18th-century cottage located in Amport, Cholderton. It is constructed of brick and flint, with a thatched roof. The cottage is one storey high with an attic, and has three windows on the upper floor and four below. The roof is hipped at the south end and half-hipped at the north end, with eyebrow dormers. It features casement windows and a plain doorway. Wiremead is linked to Guyatt Cottage by a flat-roofed recessed unit which serves as a kitchen.
Local climate
Wiremead 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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