Step House is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Step House
- WRENN ID
- nether-gravel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Step House, Broadford Bridge Road, West Chiltington, RH20 2JY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 090 184
- Coordinates
- 50.95558, -0.44879
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Step House is a 17th or earlier timber-framed house. It was originally timber-framed and has been refaced with stone rubble and red brick dressings, including quoins and a string course. The original timbering, now with plaster infilling, is still visible in the north wall. The roof is half-hipped and tiled. Modern casement windows have been fitted. The building has two stories and a basement. It is three windows wide.
Local climate
Step House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- 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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