Rod Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. House.
Rod Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-kitchen-summer
- 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
- House
- Address
- Rod Cottage, Clay Lane, Storrington and Sullington, Horsham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 071 142
- Coordinates
- 50.9177, -0.47668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rod Cottage is a building that was originally two cottages, likely both from the late 17th century but designed in different styles. The south cottage has two storeys and two windows, with the ground floor made of ironstone rubble and the upper floor tile-hung. The north cottage is taller and constructed of ashlar with red brick dressings, quoins, and a stringcourse. It also has two storeys and an attic, featuring one gabled dormer and a chimney breast at the north end. The entire building has a tiled roof and casement windows. Rod Cottage is part of the Parham estate and was restored and converted into a single dwelling by Clive Pearson in 1955, which is noted on a tablet with the initials C P and the date.
Local climate
Rod 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
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