Wheeler's Bookshop is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. House, shop. 1 related planning application.

Wheeler's Bookshop

WRENN ID
half-rubblework-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1959
Type
House, shop
Address
Wheeler's Bookshop, Red Lion Street, Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9PB
OS grid reference
SU 886 214
Coordinates
50.9857, -0.73808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wheeler's Bookshop is a house and shop that dates from the 16th to 17th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is now faced with roughcast. The first floor oversails and is supported by curved brackets. The building has a tiled roof and includes sash windows on the first floor, which retain their glazing bars. Below, there is a modern shop window. The building has two storeys and two windows.

Local climate

Wheeler's Bookshop receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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