Swains Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. House. 1 related planning application.

Swains Cottage

WRENN ID
steep-gable-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1980
Type
House
Address
Swains Cottage, Rudgwick, RH12 3BJ
OS grid reference
TQ 066 328
Coordinates
51.08513, -0.47806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swains Cottage is probably a 17th-century building. It is a one-storey and attic cottage with three windows and four dormers. The cottage is constructed of red brick with grey brickheaders. It has a steeply pitched roof covered in Horsham slabs, and casement windows.

Local climate

Swains Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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