The Royal Chantry (Entrance in the Cloisters) is a Grade I listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 July 1950. A Originally C13; alterations/additions C14-C18 (mainly C15) House. 4 related planning applications.
The Royal Chantry (Entrance in the Cloisters)
- WRENN ID
- gentle-mantel-sable
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 July 1950
- Type
- House
- Period
- Originally C13; alterations/additions C14-C18 (mainly C15)
- Address
- The Royal Chantry (Entrance in the Cloisters), the Close, PO19 1PX
- OS grid reference
- SU 859 047
- Coordinates
- 50.83564, -0.78051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Chantry, located in The Close, was originally the residence of the Royal Chaplains of Mortimer's Chantry. The building is not visible from either side, as its entrance is situated in the Cloisters. According to the Victoria County History, it features a 13th century hall and undercroft, with alterations and additions made from the 14th to the 18th centuries, predominantly from the 15th century.
Local climate
The Royal Chantry (Entrance in the Cloisters) receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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