Lawns Cottage, Barracks Cottage and The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. A C16 Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Lawns Cottage, Barracks Cottage and The Folly

WRENN ID
shadowed-window-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Lawns Cottage, Barracks Cottage and The Folly, Ambersham, Midhurst, Graffham, Chichester, GU29 0BY
OS grid reference
SU 915 205
Coordinates
50.97701, -0.6967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lawns Cottage, Barracks Cottage, and The Folly are three cottages that were formerly a farmhouse. The building dates from the 16th century or earlier and features a timber-framed structure that was partially refronted in the early 19th century, with some late 19th-century extensions and 20th-century windows.

The north elevation, which is part of Lawns Cottage, showcases exposed timber-framing with a midrail and curved tension braces, along with red brick infill that includes some grey headers on a stone plinth. The west part, which includes Barracks Cottage and The Folly, is constructed of coursed stone rubble with galleting and brick window dressings. The roof is tiled and half-hipped to the west, featuring an off-central brick chimneystack with a central projection and a left end chimneystack. The west gable is tile hung.

The rear elevation has two projecting gabled wings made of red brick with tile-hung gables. The building is two storeys high with attics, featuring five casement windows on the north elevation and three on the south elevation. Attached to the northwest end of The Folly is an early 19th-century one-storey stone rubble outbuilding with 20th-century windows, which now forms part of the house. The interior includes exposed beams and an inglenook fireplace.

Local climate

Lawns Cottage, Barracks Cottage and The Folly receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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