The Drovers is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A C16 Cottage.
The Drovers
- WRENN ID
- moated-ember-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Drovers, Main Road, Lavant, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 863 084
- Coordinates
- 50.86899, -0.77478
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Drovers is a 16th century timber-framed cottage with flint infilling, which is now painted. It features a hipped thatched roof and has casement windows. The building stands two storeys high and has three windows.
Local climate
The Drovers receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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