Higher End Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1987. A C16 Cottage.
Higher End Cottage
- WRENN ID
- grey-corbel-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Higher End Cottage, Hale
- OS grid reference
- SU 180 177
- Coordinates
- 50.95924, -1.74489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher End Cottage is a 16th-century cottage that was altered in the early 20th century. It features a timber frame with brick infill and additional structures, topped with a plain tile roof. The building is single storey with an attic and consists of three bays. The front of the cottage has a centrally located porch with a pent roof from the 20th century, with a door on the left-hand side and a single casement window. There is also a 2-light casement window, and a large 2-light casement window is situated in a gabled dormer on the roof. The windows are fitted with 20th-century leaded lights. The roof is half-hipped, and there is a ridge stack located to the left of the center.
Local climate
Higher End 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 greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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