Lambs Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. Hall-house, cottages.

Lambs Cottages

WRENN ID
bitter-stronghold-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
Country
England
Type
Hall-house, cottages
Address
Lambs Cottages, 1, 2 and 3, Lambs Green Road, Rusper
OS grid reference
TQ 219 367
Coordinates
51.11723, -0.25878
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lambs Cottages, located on Lambs Green Road in Rusper, is a building that likely dates back to the 15th century. Originally a timber-framed hall-house, it has been converted into three cottages, which are currently empty. The exterior features plaster and painted brick infilling, with diagonal braces visible on the first floor. The west wall is made of stone, and the building has a hipped tiled roof. It includes casement windows and stands two storeys tall with four windows. The front of the building has "Circa 1370" painted on it. Inside, it is reported to have a crown-post roof and smoke-blackened roof timbers.

Local climate

Lambs Cottages 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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