Before Anchor is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1963. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Before Anchor

WRENN ID
long-cobalt-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 April 1963
Type
Cottage
Address
Before Anchor, High Street, Bosham, PO18 8LS
OS grid reference
SU 805 038
Coordinates
50.82859, -0.85806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Before Anchor is an 18th-century building located on the south side of Bosham High Street. It is two storeys tall and features two windows. The exterior is finished in stucco and has a modillion eaves cornice. The roof is tiled, and the glazing bars are intact. The doorway is framed by a moulded architrave surround with a pediment above, and the door consists of six fielded panels.

Local climate

Before Anchor 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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