The Old Palace is a Grade I listed building in the Worthing local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1949. A C15 Parish hall, former rectory, house. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Palace
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-soffit-heron
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Worthing
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1949
- Type
- Parish hall, former rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Palace, South Street, BN14 7PF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 132 040
- Coordinates
- 50.82455, -0.39314
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Palace is a Grade I listed building located on South Street in West Tarring. It consists of the remains of a 13th-century house with a 15th-century hall, built on the site of Archbishop Becket's Palace. After the Reformation, it was converted into the Rectory and has since been used as the Parish Hall following the construction of a modern Rectory.
The structure is T-shaped and constructed from flint and rubble, featuring stone quoins and frames around the windows and doors. It has a gable at the east end, and the south and west sides are supported by buttresses. The building includes 15th-century two-light windows with cinquefoil heads, stone mullions, and transoms, as well as a 13th-century lancet window in the south wing. The roof is covered with Horsham stone slate, although the upper portion has been renewed with red tiles.
Local climate
The Old Palace 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 — 5 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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