Wheelwrights Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1977. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Wheelwrights Cottage

WRENN ID
bitter-wattle-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 August 1977
Type
Cottage
Address
Wheelwrights Cottage, Gracious Street, Selborne, East Hampshire, GU34 3JB
OS grid reference
SU 737 336
Coordinates
51.09785, -0.94769
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheelwrights Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has undergone some renovation and a minor extension in the 20th century. The walls are made of painted stone rubble with a plinth. It features a half-hipped shingled roof with curved eyebrows above the dormers and has a central stack. The symmetrical front faces northeast and consists of one storey and an attic, with two windows and a central window that replaces a former doorway. The upper windows have casements, while the ground floor windows are sash types in exposed frames. The entrance is located in a later single-storeyed extension on the north side, which has a slate roof. A stone plaque on the building is inscribed with "AS TRA 1697."

Local climate

Wheelwrights 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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