The Countess of Derby's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1973. Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.
The Countess of Derby's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- late-obsidian-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1973
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Countess of Derby's Almshouses, the Street, Boxgrove, PO18 0EE
- OS grid reference
- SU 906 076
- Coordinates
- 50.86081, -0.71319
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Countess of Derby's Almshouses were founded in 1741 by the dowager Countess of Derby, who was the daughter and heiress of Sir William Morley of Halnaker House. The building forms three sides of a courtyard and is two storeys high. It features ten windows facing east, six windows facing north, and five windows facing south. The structure is built of red brick with grey headers and has a tiled roof. The windows are casement style. The central or west side has a raised section that is faced with Roman cement and includes four large sash windows with glazing bars. An inscription commemorating the founding of the Almshouses is located in the center, topped with a cartouche. A modern ground floor portion has been added in front of this section, which includes a gabled porch.
Local climate
The Countess of Derby's Almshouses 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- 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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