Rectory Cottage and Wisteria Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Rectory Cottage and Wisteria Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-jamb-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Rectory Cottage and Wisteria Cottage, Barton Lane, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0DA
- OS grid reference
- SU 977 218
- Coordinates
- 50.98759, -0.60807
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage and Wisteria Cottage are a pair of cottages, originally a single dwelling, dating to the 18th century or possibly earlier. They are located on Rectory Lane in Petworth, with Wisteria Cottage fronting onto Barton Lane. The building is two storeys high and has four windows. The ground floor is constructed of stone rubble with a red brick upper section, both beneath a tile-hung facade. The roof is hipped and tiled. The first floor features casement windows, while the ground floor has narrower 19th-century sash windows.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage and Wisteria 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 — 4 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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