Thornton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Thornton Cottage

WRENN ID
seventh-soffit-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Thornton Cottage, Petworth Road, Wisborough Green, RH14 0BJ
OS grid reference
TQ 048 259
Coordinates
51.02324, -0.50655
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thornton Cottage is an 18th-century cottage located on Petworth Road in Wisborough Green. It is a two-storey building with four windows. The exterior is stuccoed and the roof is covered with Horsham slabs. The windows are casement types.

Local climate

Thornton Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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