Southdown House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
Southdown House
- WRENN ID
- pitched-garret-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1980
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Southdown House, High Street, Amberley, Horsham, BN18 9NL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 031 131
- Coordinates
- 50.90865, -0.53376
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southdown House is an 18th-century house and shop located on Amberley High Street. It is a two-storey building with four windows. The walls are of coursed stone with red brick dressings, quoins, and a modillion eaves cornice. The roof is tiled. It has casement windows. A modern shop front has been inserted at the north end.
Local climate
Southdown House 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 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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