St Mary's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. A C18 House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
St Mary's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-lancet-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1973
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- St Mary's Cottage, Church Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AD
- OS grid reference
- SU 976 218
- Coordinates
- 50.98752, -0.60945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Mary's Cottage is a house and shop located on the south side of Church Street in Petworth. It was originally listed as the premises occupied by Sheila Hines, Antiques, and is connected to the Four & Twenty Blackbirds Tea House to the east. This 18th-century building has a curved front that follows the angle of the street and stands two storeys tall with two windows. The exterior is stuccoed and features a modillion eaves cornice and a tiled roof. On the first floor, there is one casement window and one sash window with intact glazing bars. The ground floor includes a small bay with glazing bars and a doorway adorned with pilasters and a pediment. To the east, there is a modern shop window.
Local climate
St Mary's Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2024
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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