The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Cottage.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-finial-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Eartham Lane, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 935 084
- Coordinates
- 50.86792, -0.6725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a restored 16th century timber-framed cottage located on Eartham Lane. It features red brick construction with some flint infilling and has a hipped tiled roof, which was once thatched, along with a pentice on the north side. The cottage has casement windows and is one storey high with an attic. It includes three windows and three modern dormers.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
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