Number 4 Wakes Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 July 1963. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Number 4 Wakes Cottages

WRENN ID
kindled-window-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 July 1963
Type
Cottage
Address
Number 4 Wakes Cottages, High Street, Selborne, East Hampshire, GU34 3JL
OS grid reference
SU 741 336
Coordinates
51.09719, -0.94282
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 4 Wakes Cottages is a 17th-century cottage featuring an exposed massive frame with plaster infilling and several lower brick panels. The north and west walls also display exposed framing with plaster infill, along with some lower stone panels. The cottage has a thatched roof that is half hipped at the north end and hipped at the south, with a low eaves above the extension. It is a timber-framed building with a south side extension, presenting a front (east) that is one storey and an attic high, with two above three windows that are casements. There is a boarded door set in a plain frame.

Local climate

Number 4 Wakes Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
  • 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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