Hills Cottage the Thatched House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. Cottage.
Hills Cottage the Thatched House
- WRENN ID
- eastward-landing-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hills Cottage the Thatched House, Down Street, Funtington, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 810 074
- Coordinates
- 50.86056, -0.84953
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Thatched House and Hills Cottage is a combined building located on the north side of Down Street in West Ashling. The original part, known as the Thatched House, is a restored 16th century timber-framed structure featuring red brick infilling and curved braces on the first floor, topped with a hipped thatched roof. It has two storeys and three casement windows. Hills Cottage, added in the early 19th century at the south-west end, is also two storeys with three windows, constructed of red brick with alternating grey headers and a slate roof, also featuring casement windows.
Local climate
Hills Cottage the Thatched House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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