Leper's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1950. Cottage.
Leper's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- eastward-window-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1950
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Leper's Cottage, 1, Westhampnett Road
- OS grid reference
- SU 871 053
- Coordinates
- 50.84116, -0.76418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leper's Cottage is a late 18th century cottage located on the site of St James' Hospital, which was established for people affected by leprosy during the reign of Henry I and was destroyed by fire in 1781. The north wall of the cottage incorporates part of the old hospital's structure. The front of the cottage is plastered, and it features a thatched roof. Small casement windows with pointed segmental heads and Gothic divisions are present. A tablet on the cottage provides information about its history.
Local climate
Leper's 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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