Hirtwell is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House.
Hirtwell
- WRENN ID
- muffled-barrel-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hirtwell, Liphook Road, Linch, Chichester, GU30 7NQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 855 288
- Coordinates
- 51.05235, -0.78094
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hirtwell is a house that has been restored and dates back to the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber-framed structure with plaster infilling and has a steeply-pitched tiled roof. The building has casement windows with diamond-shaped panes and is two storeys high, with three windows in total. A modern matching window-bay has been added to the southeast side of the house.
Local climate
Hirtwell receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 2 transactions since 2003
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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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