Old Box Trees is a Grade II listed building in the Arun local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1954. House. 1 related planning application.
Old Box Trees
- WRENN ID
- over-vestry-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Arun
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Box Trees, 8, Sea Road, East Preston, BN16 1JP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 071 023
- Coordinates
- 50.81057, -0.48109
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Box Trees is a building that dates back to 1670 and was originally two cottages. It stands two storeys tall and features four windows. The exterior is faced with knapped flints, accented by red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is tiled, and the windows are casement style with small square panes. Notably, on the west wall, there is a brick panel displaying the initials "M.H.I." along with the date 1670.
Local climate
Old Box Trees 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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