Kent House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. House. 8 related planning applications.
Kent House
- WRENN ID
- second-cellar-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Kent House, Kent House Lane, Harting, Chichester, GU31 5LS
- OS grid reference
- SU 793 195
- Coordinates
- 50.97011, -0.87061
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kent House is an 18th-century house located on Kent House Lane in East Harting. The house is constructed of red brick and features a string course, a dentil course, and a parapet. A central window bay projects forward and has its own parapet. The roof is covered with slate and retains its original glazing bars. A porch with Doric columns and a pediment provides entrance; the sides of the porch were later enclosed. The doorway within the porch is topped by a semi-circular fanlight. The building is two storeys high with an attic and has three windows on the front elevation, along with two dormers.
Local climate
Kent House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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