Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Crawley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1983. Cottage.
Lilac Cottage
- WRENN ID
- plain-newel-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Crawley
- Constituency
- Crawley MP: Peter Lamb (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lilac Cottage, Donkey Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 299 413
- Coordinates
- 51.15689, -0.14359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac Cottage is a building from probably the early 18th century. It has two storeys, with the ground floor made of painted brick and the first floor covered in tile hanging. The roof is tiled and features an outshut at the rear. There are two casement windows, and the entrance has a doorcase within a modern lean-to porch. The cottage has two external chimney stacks, one at each end. Inside, you will find exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Lilac Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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