The Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
The Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- secret-clay-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Well Cottage, Hassocks, RH15 0BN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 323 174
- Coordinates
- 50.94098, -0.11732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well Cottage, originally known as Wellhouse Farm, is a 17th or earlier timber-framed building. The rear of the building has roughcast infilling, while the ground floor of the front has been refaced with red brick. The east front of the first floor is faced with tarred weather-boarding. The building has a tiled roof and casement windows. It is two storeys high and has three windows.
Local climate
The Well Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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