The Old Girls School is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. School.

The Old Girls School

WRENN ID
open-spindle-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
School
Address
The Old Girls School, East Street, Petworth, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 977 217
Coordinates
50.98728, -0.60864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Girls School is a building dating from 1819, originally constructed as a Unitarian chapel. It is two storeys high and features three windows, all set in painted brick. The gable has been raised, and the date is displayed between scroll motifs. The building has round-headed windows with their glazing bars still intact. A portion that extended to the west has been demolished, leaving only its west wall, which acts as a screen in front of the building. This wall includes a central rusticated doorway with a pediment, flanked by round-headed archways on either side.

Local climate

The Old Girls School 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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