April Cottage and Pear Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
April Cottage and Pear Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- calm-lintel-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- April Cottage and Pear Tree Cottage, Hog Lane, Amberley, Arundel, Horsham, BN18 9NQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 030 132
- Coordinates
- 50.90941, -0.53607
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
April Cottage and Pear Tree Cottage are a timber-framed building, likely dating to the 17th century or earlier. The building’s structure incorporates painted brick and stone infilling. It has a hipped thatched roof and casement windows. The building is two storeys high and has four windows. The building has been known by a variety of names, previously Brooks, April Cottage and Perriley, and formerly Brooks, Perrily, and Lilac Cottage.
Local climate
April Cottage and Pear Tree 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 — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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