Wonston Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. Cottage.

Wonston Cottage

WRENN ID
lunar-corner-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Winchester
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1983
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
SU 472 394
Coordinates
51.15237, -1.32613
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wonston Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into a cottage, dating from the 16th century and late 18th century. The building features a timber frame encased in brick, with some rubble flint and plaster, topped by a thatched roof. It is 1½ storeys high and consists of three bays, with a lean-to structure at the right end.

The central bay has a baffle entry, which is highlighted by a mid-19th century tiled gabled porch that features a detached curly bargeboard and a side door. There are three wide sash windows with glazing bars, set beneath cambered arches formed by a soldier course below a row of blue headers. Above these windows, three eyebrow dormers contain 2-light casements. The building has an offset and toothed cornice, a half-hipped roof with wide eaves, and gable end stacks, with a larger stack located to the left of the center.

Inside, the room to the left of the door features heavy, closely spaced chamfered and stopped joists. At the rear, there is a lean-to dairy that includes an 18-light window. Historically, this cottage was the center of the basket and lobster pot industry.

Local climate

Wonston Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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