Rectory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House.
Rectory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vast-courtyard-root
- 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
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage, Graffham, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 932 207
- Coordinates
- 50.97821, -0.67368
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage is an L-shaped house, with the south wing likely dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble, featuring red brick dressings and quoins. The building has a hipped tiled roof with a pentice on the east side. The south wing has casement windows, while the east wing, which is from the 18th century or early 19th century, has sash windows that still retain their glazing bars. There is a small modern addition at the north-west angle of the south wing. The cottage is two storeys tall and has three windows.
Local climate
Rectory 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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