Sorrels Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Cottage.

Sorrels Cottage

WRENN ID
salt-wicket-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
Cottage
Address
Sorrels Cottage, Upper Street, Fittleworth, Chichester
OS grid reference
TQ 009 194
Coordinates
50.96565, -0.56331
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sorrels Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is a timber-framed building with plaster infilling, currently colour-washed pink. The ground floor has been rebuilt in coursed stone, featuring red brick dressings and quoins. The cottage has a hipped thatched roof and casement windows with diamond-shaped or small square panes. It stands two storeys high and has three windows.

Local climate

Sorrels 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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