Rushen the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Cottage.
Rushen the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quartered-column-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rushen the Cottage, High Street, Lodsworth, Chichester, GU28 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SU 928 229
- Coordinates
- 50.99869, -0.67797
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rushen and The Cottage are two cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed of red brick with grey headers in Flemish bond, sitting on a stone plinth that has been cemented over. The cottages feature a stringcourse and a hipped tiled roof. There are casement windows, although one is blocked. The buildings rise to two storeys and have a total of four windows.
Local climate
Rushen the Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- No related consent applications matched
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