The Hermitage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Hermitage
- WRENN ID
- lesser-gravel-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hermitage, East Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AB
- OS grid reference
- SU 978 217
- Coordinates
- 50.98644, -0.60681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage is an 18th-century house with an L-shaped design, located on the east side of East Street in Petworth. It has two storeys and features three windows. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, with the first floor of the west wing being tile-hung and accented with red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is tiled, and the west wing has casement windows, while the north wing has sash windows with intact glazing bars, including a curved bay window on both the ground and first floors. The house has a mansarded tiled roof with one modern dormer. It is set back from the road and can be accessed via an alley that runs through a garden.
Local climate
The Hermitage 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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