Northcliffe is a Grade II listed building in the Arun local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1949. House, halls of residence. 2 related planning applications.
Northcliffe
- WRENN ID
- sunken-tin-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Arun
- Constituency
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton MP: Alison Griffiths (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1949
- Type
- House, halls of residence
- Address
- Northcliffe, 45 and 47, Upper Bognor Road, Bognor Regis, PO21 1HS
- OS grid reference
- SZ 939 996
- Coordinates
- 50.78925, -0.66829
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Northcliffe, originally three large houses built around 1787 and known as Spencer Terrace, is now a halls of residence. The building is three storeys high with a semi-basement and has 14 windows. It is constructed of red brick with a painted brick or rubble plinth. A single cemented pilaster in the centre has been removed since the last survey. The building features a modillion eaves cornice, although the glazing bars have been lost. There are two porches, leading up seven steps with a handrail, thin Doric columns, an enriched entablature, a semi-circular fanlight, and six-panel moulded doors. Basement doors are located beneath the steps. The porch to the easternmost house has been removed. Passages run beneath either extremity of the terrace. Northcliffe forms a group with numbers 41 to 57 (odd), 55A, and numbers 65 to 71 (odd), as well as the surrounding walls.
Local climate
Northcliffe 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 26 transactions since 2000
- 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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