Sparrow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Sparrow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- south-basalt-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sparrow Cottage, Bell Lane, Earnley, PO20 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- SZ 816 984
- Coordinates
- 50.7798, -0.84266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrow Cottage is a cottage dating from around 1800, which was refronted in 1867. A datestone inscribed "R.S. 1857" is visible, indicating the work of Richard Stevens (1820-1895). The cottage has two storeys and four windows. It is constructed of red brick, with a thatched roof and casement windows.
Local climate
Sparrow Cottage receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2015
- 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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