Swains Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Swains Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-granite-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Farnham and Bordon MP: Gregory Stafford (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1954
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Swains Cottage, Farnham Road, Greatham, East Hampshire, GU33 6HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 773 304
- Coordinates
- 51.06834, -0.89709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swains Cottage is a cottage, originally two dwellings, dating from the 17th century, with later alterations in the late 18th century and 20th century. The walls are of ironstone with brick quoins, cambered arches, and a plinth; a 20th-century rear extension is in red brickwork. The roof is thatched, hipped at the south end, with a half-hip at the north end, and includes eyebrow dormers, with lowered eaves supported by posts, creating an open porch. The cottage is a timber-framed lobby entrance house, reclad in the 18th century and extended in the late 20th century. The south-east front is of one storey and attic, with three windows. It has 20th-century casement windows, two of which are ground-floor bows. There is a boarded door. Inside, a large chimney-breast is a prominent feature.
Local climate
Swains Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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