The Stables of the Former Watergate House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1973. Stables.

The Stables of the Former Watergate House

WRENN ID
dusted-joist-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 May 1973
Type
Stables
Address
The Stables of the Former Watergate House, Compton, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 784 119
Coordinates
50.9018, -0.88645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stables of the former Watergate House, dating from the 18th century, are situated in Compton West Marden. The building forms three sides of a courtyard and is a single storey structure. It is constructed with squared knapped flints, accented by red brick dressings, quoins, and a modillion eaves cornice. The central section, which served as the coach-house, features a projecting central element with a pediment above, containing a round window. Additionally, there is a weather-boarded clock tower with a hexagonal cupola topped by a lead-covered dome and a weather-vane. Each of the flanking wings has three windows. The house itself has been demolished, and the stables are currently unoccupied.

Local climate

The Stables of the Former Watergate House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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