The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-spire-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Old Cottage, East Street, Amberley, Horsham, BN18 9NN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 032 132
- Coordinates
- 50.90935, -0.53326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed cottage. It has painted brick infilling between the timber framing, set on a stone base. The first floor has diagonal braces, and the roof is thatched and hipped. There are casement windows, and the cottage is two storeys high, with two windows on the front.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 transaction since 2010
- 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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