Bush House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1987. House and shop. 1 related planning application.

Bush House

WRENN ID
dim-ledge-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1987
Type
House and shop
Address
Bush House, High Street, Selborne, East Hampshire, GU34 3JP
OS grid reference
SU 741 335
Coordinates
51.09661, -0.9419
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bush House is a house and shop, now functioning as a tearoom, that dates back to the 16th century. It was altered in the 17th century, refronted in the early 19th century, and has a 20th-century addition. The building features a timber frame with brick infill, and the front wall is covered in plain render. One gable displays exposed framing with close studding filled with brickwork, and it has a tiled roof.

The late medieval timber frame consists of three bays and a smoke bay, which includes a large 17th-century stack. There is a minor extension at one end, and the front was reclad in the early 19th century. In front of the other end, there is a 20th-century projecting shop. The front elevation is one and a half storeys high with four unequal bays. The entrance is an off-centre plain door, flanked by 19th-century four-pane sash windows, and above each window are large gabled dormers built off the wallplate. A small light is positioned over the door.

At the right end, there is a projecting single-storey shop with a simple form, featuring a gable over a glazed front with a doorway. The roof is half-hipped, and there is a shafted ridge stack located to one side of the centre.

Local climate

Bush House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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