Little Thakeham is a Grade I listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A 1903 House. 2 related planning applications.
Little Thakeham
- WRENN ID
- twisted-shingle-foxglove
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Little Thakeham, Merrywood Lane, RH20 3HE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 109 157
- Coordinates
- 50.93035, -0.42322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Little Thakeham is a Grade I listed house built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1903, recognized as one of his finest works. This large H-shaped house is designed in the style of a Cotswold manor and constructed from locally quarried coursed Hythe sandstone, which is notably soft and has weathered significantly, giving the house the appearance of a genuine 16th-century building from the outside.
The house features two storeys and an attic, with nine windows overall. The outer wings are topped with gables, and there are two additional gables situated between these wings. At the center, there is a prominent five-sided bay that projects outward and contains five windows, each made up of four tiers of two lights. This bay lights the music room, which includes the main staircase and a gallery. The roof is tiled, and the windows are casement style.
The north or entrance front showcases a central projecting porch with two storeys above it, and there are chimney breasts at the ends of the wings. Additionally, there is a service wing attached to the main structure.
Local climate
Little Thakeham receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 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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