Highseat is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.
Highseat
- WRENN ID
- south-lancet-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Highseat, 1, High Street, Billingshurst, RH14 9PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 088 263
- Coordinates
- 51.02581, -0.4489
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Highseat is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Billingshurst High Street. It stands two storeys tall and features three windows. The exterior is made of painted brick set on a high base, with an eaves cornice and a slate roof. There are ground floor bays on each side of the doorway, both retaining their original glazing bars. The casements above have been altered. Access to the doorway is via eight steps, which are flanked by pilasters and topped with a pediment. The door itself consists of six fielded panels.
Local climate
Highseat 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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