Myrtle Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. Cottage.

Myrtle Cottage

WRENN ID
ragged-mullion-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
Myrtle Cottage, East Street, Petworth, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 977 217
Coordinates
50.98715, -0.60894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Myrtle Cottage is a cottage with an 18th-century front that is built on a timber frame. It has two storeys and features two windows. The exterior is made of stone rubble with brick quoins and a stringcourse, all of which are now painted. The roof is tiled, and the glazing bars are missing. The ground floor windows have elliptical tympana.

Local climate

Myrtle Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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