The Old Surgery is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House. 12 related planning applications.

The Old Surgery

WRENN ID
other-plaster-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
House
Address
The Old Surgery, Rumbolds Hill, Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9BY
OS grid reference
SU 886 215
Coordinates
50.98681, -0.73874
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Surgery is a house dating from the 17th century, with significant alterations and a replacement facade from the 18th century and further changes in the 19th century. The building has two gables, each containing attic windows. The ground floor has been stuccoed, while the upper portions are roughcast with modern timbering. The roof is tiled. The windows are sash windows lacking glazing bars. A doorway is present with pilasters and a flat hood supported by brackets. The building is listed for its group value.

Local climate

The Old Surgery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 14 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 12 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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