Upper Cross Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Cottages.
Upper Cross Cottages
- WRENN ID
- other-forge-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Upper Cross Cottages, 1 and 2, Haslemere Road, Fernhurst, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 897 289
- Coordinates
- 51.05269, -0.7203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Cross Cottages is a 17th-century building that contains two cottages. It is constructed of Wealden sandstone rubble, featuring red brick dressings and quoins, as well as a stringcourse on the southern cottage. The roof is tiled, and the cottages have casement windows. The building stands two storeys high and has a total of four windows.
Local climate
Upper Cross Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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