Shepherds Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. A Early Modern Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Shepherds Cottage

WRENN ID
twelfth-cornice-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1980
Type
Cottage
Period
Early Modern
Address
Shepherds Cottage, London Road, Pulborough, RH20 1AP
OS grid reference
TQ 048 189
Coordinates
50.96015, -0.50842
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Shepherd’s Cottage is a 17th-century timber-framed cottage. Parts of the original timber frame are plastered, while other sections have been refaced with red brick. The cottage has a steeply-pitched hipped roof covered in tiles. Modern casement windows have been installed. It is two storeys high and has four windows.

Local climate

Shepherds 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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