Boscobel (C G A Insurance Brokers Limited) is a Grade II listed building in the Crawley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1981. Insurance brokers' office.

Boscobel (C G A Insurance Brokers Limited)

WRENN ID
nether-lancet-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Crawley
Constituency
Crawley MP: Peter Lamb (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 August 1981
Type
Insurance brokers' office
Address
Boscobel (C G A Insurance Brokers Limited), High Street
OS grid reference
TQ 268 369
Coordinates
51.11762, -0.18913
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Boscobel, currently known as C G A Insurance Brokers Limited, is a 17th-century timber-framed building that was refaced in the 18th century. It has two storeys, with a ground floor made of red brick and a first floor that is tile hung. The building features a high-pitched tiled roof and three modern steel casements with small panes. There is a recessed entrance. On the Tithe Map, this building is shown as Furnall Cottage.

Local climate

Boscobel (C G A Insurance Brokers Limited) receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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