Customary Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. A C17 House. 8 related planning applications.
Customary Cottage
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-spandrel-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Customary Cottage, the Street, Fulking, Mid Sussex, BN5 9LU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 248 114
- Coordinates
- 50.88906, -0.22655
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a customary cottage, likely dating to the 17th century or earlier. It is a timber-framed building, with timberwork of ornamental character. The north gable end displays the original timbering and plaster infill, while the rest of the house has been refaced with painted brick. The roof is slate-covered, and it features horizontally-sliding sash windows. The cottage is two storeys high with three windows facing the street.
Local climate
Customary Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- 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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