White Hart Cottage White Hart House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. A C18 Inn, dwelling.

White Hart Cottage White Hart House

WRENN ID
waning-stronghold-vermeil
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
Inn, dwelling
Address
White Hart Cottage White Hart House, High Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AU
OS grid reference
SU 977 215
Coordinates
50.98545, -0.60835
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White Hart Cottage and White Hart House were originally the White Hart Inn, dating from the 18th century or earlier. This two-storey building with an attic features four windows and one dormer. The exterior is faced with roughcast and has a modillion eaves cornice beneath a tiled roof. The windows are casement style, and there are two doorways, each topped with a flat hood, leading up six steps that have an iron handrail.

Local climate

White Hart Cottage White Hart House 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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