Postman's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.

Postman's Cottage

WRENN ID
muffled-oriel-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1986
Type
House
Address
Postman's Cottage, Marden, Chichester, PO18 9JE
OS grid reference
SU 808 145
Coordinates
50.92504, -0.85144
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Postman's Cottage is an early 19th-century building that stands one storey high with an attic. It features three windows and is constructed of red brick in a rat trap bond. The roof is covered with slate, and there are casement windows throughout. A central gable includes attic windows.

Local climate

Postman's Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
  • 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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