Garden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1988. Cottage.

Garden Cottage

WRENN ID
roaming-entrance-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Garden Cottage, the Green, Fernhurst, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 899 285
Coordinates
51.04964, -0.71797
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garden Cottage is a cottage built in the early 19th century, with a later 19th-century lean-to extension on the left side. The ground floor is constructed of sandstone rubble with red brick dressings, while the first floor is tile hung. The side elevations feature curved tiles. The cottage has a tiled roof with a brick chimneystack located on the left side. It is two storeys high and has two windows, with wooden casements set in pegged architraves. The entrance includes a six-panelled door topped by a gabled tiled weatherhood supported by wooden piers. There is an original iron casement window on the rear elevation. The left side lean-to extension is made of brick and weatherboarding, with a tiled roof and curved tiles on the front. Inside, the ground floor features a cambered arched brick fireplace, while the first floor has an early 19th-century plank fire surround and a plank door. This cottage is an unaltered example of a modest dwelling, with heating provided in only one end. It is the last remaining cottage from a row that once existed.

Local climate

Garden 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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