Watersmeet is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 January 1986. House. 8 related planning applications.

Watersmeet

WRENN ID
broken-turret-violet
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
House
Address
Watersmeet, River Street, Westbourne, Chichester, PO10 8TG
OS grid reference
SU 758 079
Coordinates
50.86639, -0.92285
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watersmeet is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Westbourne River Street. It stands two storeys tall and features four windows. The exterior is made of painted brick and is topped with a hipped tiled roof. The building has a modillion eaves cornice, and the glazing bars are intact. The doorway is framed by a moulded architrave, which is accented by a projecting cornice and an enriched frieze.

Local climate

Watersmeet 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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