The Leads, Denne Court , Stringer's Hall and Stringer's Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A 18th Century Commercial/residential. 5 related planning applications.

The Leads, Denne Court , Stringer's Hall and Stringer's Cottage

WRENN ID
patient-copper-hawthorn
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
Commercial/residential
Period
18th Century
Address
The Leads, Denne Court , Stringer's Hall and Stringer's Cottage, East Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AB
OS grid reference
SU 977 217
Coordinates
50.98661, -0.60852
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Leads, Denne Court, Stringer's Hall, and Stringer's Cottage is a large square block that was likely originally two houses but is now divided into four premises. The exterior dates from the 18th century, although part, if not all, of the interior is older. The building has three storeys.

The west front features six windows and one dummy window, constructed of red brick with alternating grey headers. There is a stringcourse of Roman cement above the ground floor, along with a moulded cornice and parapet. Most of the glazing bars are intact. The wide doorway is flanked by a pair of engaged fluted columns in Doric and Ionic styles, with the inner columns slightly recessed. It includes a rectangular fanlight and a door with six fielded panels, accessed by two steps with an iron handrail. To the south of the doorway, there is a small 19th-century shop window.

The south front, which comprises Stringer's Hall and Stringer's Cottage, has four windows and features a mix of red brick with grey headers, red mathematical tiles, and weather-tiles. There are two curved bays on the ground and first floors, each topped with cornices. The glazing bars are intact. The doorway between the bays is adorned with engaged columns, a pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a door of six fielded panels, accessed by three steps with an iron handrail.

The north front includes a two-storey projection with three windows (Denne Court). This section is faced with red brick and grey headers on the north side and weather-tiles on the west side. It also features a stringcourse, cornice, and parapet.

Local climate

The Leads, Denne Court , Stringer's Hall and Stringer's Cottage 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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