Chequered Oak House is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Chequered Oak House
- WRENN ID
- calm-moat-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Chequered Oak House, Rudgwick, RH12 3PY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 122 342
- Coordinates
- 51.09629, -0.3985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chequered Oak House is a 16th-century timber-framed cottage situated in Rowhook. Originally part of Stringersland Farmhouse, its address has been amended to Rowhook. The cottage is two storeys high and originally had two windows. In the 19th century, a bay with a gable was added to the west end. The roof is covered with Horsham slabs. It features casement windows.
Local climate
Chequered Oak House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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