Matterly Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Farmhouse.

Matterly Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sombre-portal-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Winchester MP: Dr Danny Chambers (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 August 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Matterly Farmhouse, A31, Itchen Valley, Winchester
OS grid reference
SU 549 299
Coordinates
51.0661, -1.21747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Matterly Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the mid to late 18th century, with an earlier core. It is constructed of brick featuring blue header chequer work and has an old plain tile roof. The building is L-shaped, with one wing added in the mid-18th century and another added in the late 18th century. The older wing projects out towards the entrance front, which has an added porch.

The garden front is two stories high and has three bays, with the left bay dating from the late 18th century. There is a 19th-century top-glazed door set in a panelled reveal, featuring moulded brackets supporting a flat hood, located to the left of centre at the end of the earlier part of the building. The windows are primarily purpose-made steel windows from the 1930s, fitted into the original openings that have segmental heads formed by two soldier courses. Originally, these openings had sashes, except for the bottom right opening, which is much smaller. The eaves cornice is dentilled, and the hipped roof has a stack positioned to the right of centre, in front of the ridge. Most of the other windows have been replaced with purpose-made steel windows, also fitted into the original openings.

Local climate

Matterly Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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