Sawmill Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Sawmill Cottage

WRENN ID
muffled-pier-spring
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
Cottage
Address
Sawmill Cottage, Itchen Valley, Winchester, SO21 1BZ
OS grid reference
SU 543 327
Coordinates
51.09123, -1.22504
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sawmill Cottage is a farmhouse that has been converted into two cottages, dating from the late 18th century. The building is constructed of brick, featuring some blue headers arranged in patterns, and has an old plain tile roof. It is positioned end-on to the road and consists of a three-bay structure, with an early 19th-century two-bay addition at the rear along the roadside, and a lean-to added to the far end, along with a shed at the front of it.

The front of the building is two storeys high and has three bays, with a central 19th-century top that is glazed and has a flat hood. To the left, there is a 19th-century two-light casement window, and to the right, a 20th-century five-light steel casement window, both set within segmental blue brick heads. Above each of the 19th-century two-light casements, there are additional casements on either side of a recessed panel made of blue headers. Each corner of the building features a clasping buttress, including the corner of the addition. The hipped roof has dentilled eaves and is topped with a large ridge stack at the center, as well as another stack on the roadside ridge at the junction between the two sections of the building. The roadside front has 20th-century steel casements fitted into the original openings.

Local climate

Sawmill Cottage 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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