April Cottage Bay Tree Cottage Cobblers Lantern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A Medieval Cottage. 1 related planning application.
April Cottage Bay Tree Cottage Cobblers Lantern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallow-wall-solstice
- 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
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- April Cottage Bay Tree Cottage Cobblers Lantern Cottage, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0HL
- OS grid reference
- SU 987 210
- Coordinates
- 50.98039, -0.59515
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These cottages, known as April Cottage, Bay Tree Cottage, Cobblers Cottage and Lantern Cottage, form a single L-shaped building. The core of the structure dates back to the 17th century or earlier and originally had a timber frame with plaster or painted brick infill. The upper floor features curved braces and oversails supported by brackets. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled. Casement windows are present throughout. The building has two storeys and six windows. The south-west wing, known as Lantern Cottage, was likely added in the 18th century and has a facade of red brick and tile-hanging.
Local climate
April Cottage Bay Tree Cottage Cobblers Lantern 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
- 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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