The Gun Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1954. Pub. 3 related planning applications.
The Gun Inn
- WRENN ID
- stark-pewter-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Worthing West MP: Dr Beccy Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1954
- Type
- Pub
- Address
- The Gun Inn, the Square, Findon, Arun, BN14 0TA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 121 088
- Coordinates
- 50.86821, -0.40748
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gun Inn is a public house that was originally a house. The north wing dates back to before 1530 and features a three-bay crosswing. The former open hall and service end have been incorporated into a later building to the south, which includes a late 18th-century door case. The entire structure was refurbished in the early 20th century. The north wing may be a late 15th-century crosswing, constructed from timber but covered in roughcast, with down braces visible on the right side gable and a tiled roof that has later brick chimneystacks on the north side.
The exterior is two storeys high with irregular early 20th-century window placements. The south wing is also roughcast and has a hipped tiled roof. It features two irregularly-placed windows, which are double or triple sashes, including one of Venetian type that appears to be early 20th century. The genuine late 18th-century door case has an open pediment, engaged columns, a semi-circular fanlight, and a door with six fielded panels. There is a plaster plaque of a gun on the east wall. The two wings are connected by a linking portion, with five windows facing east.
Inside, the north wing retains a crownpost roof and high arched braces on the first floor, indicating a two-floored upper chamber, with a dais beam visible in the bar area. The south wing features a dogleg staircase with turned balusters and a square newel post, dado panelling, and a wooden fireplace in Georgian style.
Local climate
The Gun Inn receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- 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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