The Old Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Manor house. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Manor House

WRENN ID
under-stair-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 January 1986
Type
Manor house
Address
The Old Manor House, Compton, Chichester, PO18 9EX
OS grid reference
SU 775 147
Coordinates
50.92683, -0.89827
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Manor House is an L-shaped building located in Compton, with the south wing dating from the 18th century. It is two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is faced with flints, complemented by red brick dressings and quoins, and it has a tiled roof. The windows are casement style, and the entrance includes a doorway with a flat hood supported by brackets, leading to double doors made up of six fielded panels. The east wing is modern but designed to match the style of the original building, featuring one window.

Local climate

The Old Manor 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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