St Cuthman's School Wispers (St Cuthman's School) is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. School. 5 related planning applications.
St Cuthman's School Wispers (St Cuthman's School)
- WRENN ID
- solitary-plaster-furze
- 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
- School
- Address
- St Cuthman's School Wispers (St Cuthman's School), Tote Lane, Stedham with Iping, Chichester, GU29 0QL
- OS grid reference
- SU 860 246
- Coordinates
- 51.01493, -0.77487
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Cuthman's School, formerly known as Wispers, is a late 19th-century mansion built in 1876 for a Duchess of Bedford. The building, now a girls' school, was designed by Norman Shaw and is constructed of stone, with the upper storeys featuring imitation timber framing and plaster infilling. A series of gables contain attic windows, and the roof is tiled. Casement windows are present throughout. The building is two storeys high with an attic, and contains six windows.
Local climate
St Cuthman's School Wispers (St Cuthman's School) receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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