Poor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1987. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Poor Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-sill-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 April 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Poor Cottage, Poor Lane, Chidham and Hambrook, PO18 8TF
OS grid reference
SU 794 040
Coordinates
50.83039, -0.87342
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Poor Cottage is a pair of cottages, believed to have served as a parish poorhouse. The southern part dates from around 1600, while the northern part is from the 17th century. The southern section is constructed of knapped flint with chamfered brick dressings, while the northern section features an exposed timber frame with flint infill panels. The northern part has a lobby entrance plan.

The building is single storey with attics, comprising a single bay at the south and four bays at the north. The southern section has one leaded casement window, and the northern section has two 20th-century casement windows with chamfered brick window surrounds and a plinth. Brick quoins are present, and the original drip moulds have been replaced.

The northern section has four ground floor windows and three attic dormers with eyebrow arches. There is a 20th-century porch addition at the north and a 20th-century outshut at the rear. The northern part features an axial stack, while the southern part has an end gable stack. Inside, a substantial frame is visible, along with three Inglenook fireplaces.

Local climate

Poor Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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