The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A C16 House. 2 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
ruined-tower-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1958
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, Southbrook Road, Funtington, Chichester, PO18 8DN
OS grid reference
SU 811 074
Coordinates
50.86054, -0.84854
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 16th-century timber-framed building featuring painted brick infilling and a hipped thatched roof. It has two storeys and four casement windows.

Local climate

The Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% 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 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
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  • 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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