Old Workhouse Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. Cottage.
Old Workhouse Cottages
- WRENN ID
- burning-parapet-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Workhouse Cottages, 1 2 and 3, Mouse Lane, Steyning
- OS grid reference
- TQ 173 115
- Coordinates
- 50.89135, -0.33281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Workhouse Cottages is an L-shaped medieval timber-framed building of "wealden" type, originally constructed as a hall house. It was later converted into the Parish Poor-house and is now divided into three cottages. The ground floor has been rebuilt using red and brown brick, with plaster infilling and curved braces above. The projecting wings extend over the ends of the floor joists and bressummers. Curved braces support the eaves of the recessed center. The building features a hipped slate roof, which was probably thatched originally, and has horizontally-sliding sash windows. It is two storeys tall with four windows. The L-wing at the back, which has squares of plaster infilling, is contemporary or built shortly after the main structure. Inside, there is a crown post roof.
Local climate
Old Workhouse Cottages receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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