Balsam's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Farmhouse.

Balsam's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
little-alcove-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chichester
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Balsam's Farmhouse, Watery Lane, Funtington
OS grid reference
SU 798 075
Coordinates
50.862, -0.86618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Balsam's Farmhouse is an 18th-century building that stands two storeys tall and features four windows. The exterior is constructed of red brick with alternating grey headers. It has a modillion eaves cornice and a hipped tiled roof. The glazing bars are intact, although there is a modern porch added to the front.

Local climate

Balsam's Farmhouse 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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