Norman Mitchell, Furniture Shop Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop the Premises Occupied by Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop and Norman Mitchell, Also A Furniture Shop is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. Shop.
Norman Mitchell, Furniture Shop Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop the Premises Occupied by Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop and Norman Mitchell, Also A Furniture Shop
- WRENN ID
- former-barrel-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1973
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Norman Mitchell, Furniture Shop Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop the Premises Occupied by Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop and Norman Mitchell, Also A Furniture Shop, East Street, Petworth, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 977 217
- Coordinates
- 50.9869, -0.60882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The premises occupied by "Plain-n-Fancy" and Norman Mitchell, both furniture shops, is a single building originally listed as Denman's Furniture Shop. It dates from the 17th century or earlier and features a timber-framed structure with exposed timbering and red brick infilling on the north wall, although it has been refronted with red brick. The building has a parapet and a tiled roof, with modern shop fronts. The original glazing bars remain intact above the shop fronts. The building has two storeys and an attic, with three windows, one of which is blacked out, and one dormer.
Local climate
Norman Mitchell, Furniture Shop Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop the Premises Occupied by Plain N Fancy, Furniture Shop and Norman Mitchell, Also A Furniture Shop receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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