Muffins is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Muffins
- WRENN ID
- floating-marble-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest National Park
- Constituency
- New Forest East MP: Sir Julian Lewis (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Muffins, Minstead, SO43 7GB
- OS grid reference
- SU 275 104
- Coordinates
- 50.89251, -1.6095
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Muffins is a cottage dating back to the 17th century, with additions from the 18th century and restoration work carried out in 1981. It is timber-framed with brick and some wattle and daub infill, along with brick additions, and has a thatched roof. The cottage is 1½ storeys and comprises a two-bay 17th-century section and a two-bay 18th-century addition at one end. The front of the older section is on the right-hand side and features a large central hipped roof porch with an arched opening. This section has two-light casement windows, and a two- or three-light eyebrow dormer on each side. The 18th-century addition has a central plank door, two-light casement windows, and a two-light eyebrow dormer on each side. The roof is hipped at the right-hand end. A stack is present at the left-hand end and between the bays of the older part of the cottage.
Local climate
Muffins receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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