Optician the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Winchester local planning authority area, England. Terrace houses. 2 related planning applications.
Optician the Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Winchester
- Constituency
- Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Terrace houses
- Address
- Optician the Cottage, 6, Houchin Street, Bishops Waltham, SO32 1AR
- OS grid reference
- SU 553 174
- Coordinates
- 50.95341, -1.21275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage, along with Nos 2 and 4 (Optician), is a terrace of three houses dating from the 18th century, with some late 19th-century features. The walls are constructed in Flemish bond with blue headers and have cambered openings, with late 19th-century courses beneath the eaves. The building has a tile roof and two gabled dormers. It is a plain terrace that was renovated in the late 19th century, standing two storeys high with an attic and featuring three windows. The windows are Victorian sashes, including two large windows with cornices. The doorways are plain and have half-glazed doors. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Optician the Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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