Former Barn at Christs Hospital is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 April 2003. Barn. 16 related planning applications.
Former Barn at Christs Hospital
- WRENN ID
- kindled-wattle-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 April 2003
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Former Barn at Christs Hospital, Christ Hospital Road, Southwater
- OS grid reference
- TQ 150 288
- Coordinates
- 51.04759, -0.36037
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former barn at Christ's Hospital is a building that dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century and was later adapted for use as a granary or mill. It has undergone some modifications in the late 19th century. The structure is timber-framed with five bays, featuring pebbledashed infill in the upper part and brown brick cladding in the lower part, primarily in Sussex bond, with a base in English bond. The roof is gabled and tiled, with the north gable covered in weatherboarding.
On the exterior, the east side displays a visible midrail, a box frame above, and a pattern of curved tension braces. The lower parts of the upright posts can be seen on either side of the central bay, which originally served as a cart entrance; this frame is a 19th-century addition made of thin scantling. There are five small 19th-century casement windows with leaded lights positioned near the top of the wallplate. Below the midrail, there are two larger 19th-century casements, one sliding and one pivoting, along with an entrance featuring a plank door and two large late 19th-century sliding industrial doors. The north side includes two tension braces, one of which is ogee-shaped, and an original mullioned opening. The south and west sides are not visible from the outside due to the late 19th-century granary/mill complex built next to it.
Internally, all upright posts and tension braces above the midrail are intact. The roof features three angled queen struts and one queen post, along with a complete set of pegged rafters that do not include a ridgepiece. A 19th-century inserted floor, supported by metal joists and cast iron columns, is present, and the first floor has a wooden partition from the 19th century.
Historically, this barn is depicted as a detached structure on the 1875 Ordnance Survey map, and the alterations likely took place in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Former Barn at Christs Hospital receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 16 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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