The Old Rectory is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. A C18 Rectory, house. 1 related planning application.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- graven-floor-bramble
- Grade
- I
- 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
- Rectory, house
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Petersfield Road, Trotton with Chithurst, Chichester, GU33 6HA
- OS grid reference
- SU 835 223
- Coordinates
- 50.99434, -0.8107
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is a house, originally L-shaped, located on Petersfield Road in Trotton with Chithurst. The oldest part of the building is the north-west wing, which has an 18th-century exterior but may contain earlier fabric within. It is constructed of Hythe sandstone rubble, with a hipped tiled roof. Casement windows are a feature. The main, south-east wing dates to the late 18th century and is stuccoed, incorporating a stringcourse. It has a hipped slate roof and windows with intact glazing bars and wooden shutters. The property has historical significance as the site of an earlier house where Thomas Otway, the dramatist (1652-1685), was born.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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