Folly Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Cottage.

Folly Cottage

WRENN ID
outer-quoin-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Folly Cottage, Folly Lane, Sutton, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 970 155
Coordinates
50.93132, -0.62047
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Folly Cottage is a cottage that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. It is a timber-framed building with stone and brick infilling, which is now painted. The cottage features a tiled roof and has casement windows. It stands two storeys tall and has two windows.

Local climate

Folly Cottage receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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