Bos Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1971. Cottage.

Bos Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
strange-thatch-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1971
Type
Cottage
Address
Bos Tree Cottage, Telscombe, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 405 033
Coordinates
50.81294, -0.00693
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Box Tree Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed cottage that was restored and refaced in the 19th century using flints and brick. It features a brick stringcourse and has a gable at the south end of the front. The cottage has a tiled roof and casement windows, along with a gabled wooden porch. It stands two storeys high and has three windows.

Local climate

Bos Tree Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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