The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. A C17 Cottage.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- scattered-mortar-azure
- 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
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Greenhurst Lane, Thakeham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 098 158
- Coordinates
- 50.93128, -0.4382
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a small, shaped timber-framed cottage dating from the 17th century or earlier, resembling the style of "the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." It features plaster and red brick infilling and has a thatched roof. The cottage is two storeys high and has one window. A modern porch has been added to the building.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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