Bank Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. House. 1 related planning application.

Bank Cottage

WRENN ID
idle-cobble-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1980
Type
House
Address
Bank Cottage, the Street, Washington, Horsham, RH20 4AS
OS grid reference
TQ 120 127
Coordinates
50.90378, -0.40831
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bank Cottage is an 18th-century building located on the south side of The Street in Washington. It is two storeys high and features two windows along with one window-space. The exterior is faced with flints, complemented by red brick dressings, quoins, a stringcourse, and an eaves cornice with cogging. The roof is tiled, and the windows are horizontally-sliding sash types. Access to the cottage is via a doorway that is reached by eight steps.

Local climate

Bank Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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