The Folly is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Cottage.
The Folly
- WRENN ID
- outer-lancet-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Folly, Charlton, Singleton, Chichester, PO18 0HU
- OS grid reference
- SU 887 129
- Coordinates
- 50.90909, -0.73871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Folly is a 16th century timber-framed cottage located in Charlton Village, part of the Goodwood Estate. The timber framing is exposed in one area on the first floor, with red brick infilling, but the building has mostly been refaced with square knapped flints, accented by red brick dressings, quoins, and a flush string-course. It features a hipped tiled roof and has two storeys with four casement windows.
Local climate
The Folly receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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