Knights Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Knights Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Knights Cottage, Rake Road, Liss, East Hampshire, GU33 7HB
- OS grid reference
- SU 787 279
- Coordinates
- 51.04544, -0.87774
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knights Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 16th century, with elements from the 17th century and early 19th century, and was restored in the 20th century. It features timber-framed walls with infill made of painted brick and ironstone, along with brickwork on the lean-to structures at both ends. The cottage has a hipped tile roof and flat-roofed dormers with cills at each level. It is a timber-framed house with a 17th-century timber-framed extension and additional structures at each end. The building has one storey and an attic, with irregular window arrangements. The windows are 20th-century casements. There is a boarded door set in a plain frame, located within an open porch that has a tiled gable supported by posts.
Local climate
Knights Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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