Carne's Seat to the North of Goodwood House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. Ornamental building, temple.
Carne's Seat to the North of Goodwood House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-remnant-spindle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1958
- Type
- Ornamental building, temple
- OS grid reference
- SU 888 095
- Coordinates
- 50.87869, -0.7383
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carne's Seat, located to the north of Goodwood House, is an ornamental garden building or temple constructed in 1743 by the second Duke of Richmond. It is named after an old French retainer of his grandmother, Louise de Kerouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth. The building is attributed to either Lord Burlington or possibly Roger Morris, according to Christopher Hussey. It is made of stone believed to have come from the ruins of the old Parish Church of Hove.
The structure has two storeys, with the south side featuring a projecting section topped by a pediment. The upper storey includes three round-headed windows with decorative glazing, while the lower storey has a portico with four square rusticated windows. Each side of the building is adorned with a sphinx figure on a plinth. The entrance on the north side is accessed through an Ionic porch.
Local climate
Carne's Seat to the North of Goodwood House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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