The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. Rectory. 6 related planning applications.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- errant-keep-crimson
- 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
- Rectory
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Sullington Lane, Storrington and Sullington, Horsham, RH20 4AE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 100 132
- Coordinates
- 50.90813, -0.43672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory, likely built in 1824, was constructed by the Reverend George Palmer, who served as the Rector of Sullington from 1824 to 1859, and later by his son, Canon Henry Palmer, who held the position from 1859 to 1928, totaling 114 years of family association. This two-storey building features four windows and is made of ashlar stone with long and short quoins and a stringcourse of Roman cement. It has a wide eaves bracket cornice and a hipped slate roof. The windows are set in moulded architrave surrounds, with the glazing bars still intact. The porch is solid, and there is a large bay with three windows on the ground floor of the west front.
Local climate
The Old Rectory 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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