The Great 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. 10 related planning applications.
The Great House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-kitchen-vale
- 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
- The Great House, Langham Lane, Lodsworth, Chichester, GU28 9DA
- OS grid reference
- SU 928 228
- Coordinates
- 50.99773, -0.67785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Great House is a large house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed stone set in galletting, with a dentilled eaves cornice and a hipped slate roof. The front facade features two bays on both floors with painted wood facing. A doorway is centrally positioned between the bays, featuring pilasters, a pediment, and a semicircular fanlight. The windows retain their original glazing bars. A two-storey L-wing extends to the southwest, incorporating four windows. The building has group value.
Local climate
The Great House 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 — 2 transactions since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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