Lower House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. House. 2 related planning applications.
Lower House
- WRENN ID
- lone-gutter-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- 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
- House
- Address
- Lower House, Petersfield Road, Rogate, Chichester, GU31 5AX
- OS grid reference
- SU 784 234
- Coordinates
- 51.00478, -0.88271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower House is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is a timber-framed building faced with sandstone, which was once partially plastered. The house sits on a stone base with moulded red brick coping and features a brick stringcourse. It has two gables with blocked attic windows and a tiled roof. The house has casement windows and is two storeys high with three windows in total.
Local climate
Lower House receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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