3, St Richards Cottages, Lower Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage.

3, St Richards Cottages, Lower Street

WRENN ID
third-cornice-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
3, St Richards Cottages, Lower Street, Fittleworth, Chichester, RH20 1EL
OS grid reference
TQ 010 186
Coordinates
50.95839, -0.56232
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 3 St Richards Cottages is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is built with a timber frame and is positioned endwise to the road. The ground floor features red brick infilling, while the first floor is tile-hung. The cottage has a half-hipped gable and the south wall is faced with stone rubble. It has a tiled roof and casement windows. The building is two storeys high and has one window.

Local climate

3, St Richards Cottages, Lower Street 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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