Austens Home Hardware, Market Square is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. Shop. 2 related planning applications.
Austens Home Hardware, Market Square
- WRENN ID
- fallen-rotunda-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- Shop
- Address
- Austens Home Hardware, Market Square, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AH
- OS grid reference
- SU 976 216
- Coordinates
- 50.98629, -0.60968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Austens Home Hardware is a building located in Market Square that dates back to the 18th century. It was originally a house and is now used as a shop. The structure has three storeys and features four windows. The exterior is made of coursed stone with red brick dressings, including quoins and a stringcourse above the first floor. The roof is a modern hipped design covered with tiles. The glazing bars in the windows are missing, and there is a modern shop front.
Local climate
Austens Home Hardware, Market Square receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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