Bough Cottage and the Bough House with the Shop Attached is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Cottage, shop. 4 related planning applications.

Bough Cottage and the Bough House with the Shop Attached

WRENN ID
lunar-mortar-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1983
Type
Cottage, shop
Address
Bough Cottage and the Bough House with the Shop Attached, 22, High Street, Ardingly, RH17 6TD
OS grid reference
TQ 347 295
Coordinates
51.04958, -0.07839
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bough Cottage and The Bough House with the attached shop are two buildings situated on the High Street in Ardingly. The Bough House, at number 22, likely dates to the 17th century and is a single-story building with an attic, featuring one window and two gabled dormers. The exterior is faced with ashlar, red brick, grey headers, and tile-hanging, with a tiled roof. It has casement windows, and a later addition is located at the rear. Bough Cottage, number 20, is a later addition dating to the 18th and 19th centuries, a two-story building with two windows. It is constructed of red brick, with part of the first floor tile-hung, and has a tiled roof. A small 19th-century shop window with four lights and Gothic heads is situated at the north end.

Local climate

Bough Cottage and the Bough House with the Shop Attached receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
  • 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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