The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-stone-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, High Street, Amberley, Horsham, BN18 9NJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 031 132
- Coordinates
- 50.90922, -0.53399
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is likely a 17th or earlier timber-framed cottage. It is faced on three sides with stone rubble, featuring red brick quoins, with the south side faced with flints. The roof is hipped and tiled. The windows are casement windows. The cottage is two storeys high with three windows. A modern L-wing has been added to the north.
Local climate
The 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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