15 and 16 West Street is a Grade II listed building in the Chichester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 October 1971. School. 6 related planning applications.
15 and 16 West Street
- WRENN ID
- twisted-alcove-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chichester
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 October 1971
- Type
- School
- OS grid reference
- SU 859 048
- Coordinates
- 50.83685, -0.78098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
15 and 16 West Street is a former school building, originally founded as Oliver Whitby School in 1702 and rebuilt in 1904 by architect Sir Reginald Blomfield. The structure is made of red brick and consists of three storeys with nine window bays and a slate gabled roof. It features a cornice with modillions above the first floor and a moulded cornice above the second floor. The central bay projects forward and has a broken pediment over the first floor, with a smaller rectangular pediment and ball finials over the second floor.
Pilasters flank the windows, and there is an entablature above the first-floor window that bears the school motto "Vis et Sapentia." The first floor has tall sash windows arranged in arcading with keystones above, while the second floor features oval windows with keystones, except for the central bay, which contains a sash window. The ground floor has a round arched doorway set in a wide rusticated frame, complete with a keystone and a cartouche displaying the arms of Oliver Whitby, the founder of the school, flanked by swags. On either side of the doorway, the ground floor is occupied by plate-glass shop fronts with large flat hoods that are cantilevered over. The school closed in 1950, with the remaining pupils transferred to Christ's Hospital.
Local climate
15 and 16 West Street 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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