Michealmas Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. House.

Michealmas Cottage

WRENN ID
late-corbel-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1980
Type
House
Address
Michealmas Cottage, High Street, Rusper
OS grid reference
TQ 205 372
Coordinates
51.12157, -0.27896
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Michealmas Cottage is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building featuring red brick infilling, with the first floor now tile-hung. The cottage has a tiled roof and casement windows, and it stands two storeys high with two windows on the front. There is a large modern addition at the back of the building.

Local climate

Michealmas 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 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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