The Pillars is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
The Pillars
- WRENN ID
- grim-plaster-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 January 1986
- Type
- Lodge
- Address
- The Pillars, Stoughton, Chichester, PO18 9EG
- OS grid reference
- SU 782 117
- Coordinates
- 50.89971, -0.88907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pillars is an early 19th-century temple-like building that served as the original lodge for the now-demolished Watergate House, which was constructed by Sir John Soane, although it was rebuilt in 1882. The lodge may also have been designed by Soane. It has two storeys, featuring one window on the south side and two on the west. The building is faced with flints, and it has a cornice and window surrounds made of Roman cement, with the glazing bars remaining intact. The entrance front, which originally faced the drive, includes a portico supported by four Ionic columns of Roman cement, topped with a flint pediment.
Local climate
The Pillars receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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