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

Preyste Cottages

WRENN ID
lone-tower-burdock
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
Cottages
Address
Preyste Cottages, 1-3, North Street, Petworth, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 977 219
Coordinates
50.98839, -0.60919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Preyste Cottages is a building that has been converted from one house into three cottages. The original structure dates back to the 15th century or earlier and was an L-shaped, timber-framed hall-house. The southernmost cottage was added in the 18th century. The building has a gable at the north end, with the northern half faced in cement and the southern half constructed from stone rubble. It features a tiled roof and casement windows, and it stands two storeys tall with an attic in the gable. There are four windows in total. Inside, the cottages have a crown post roof. At the time of the survey, the cottages were empty and in a state of disrepair.

Local climate

Preyste Cottages 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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