The Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. A Georgian Town hall. 1 related planning application.
The Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- roaming-jamb-evening
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Town hall
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- The Town Hall, Market Square, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AH
- OS grid reference
- SU 976 216
- Coordinates
- 50.98624, -0.61012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall is a notable building located in the Market Square of Petworth, constructed in 1793 by the third Earl of Egremont. It is a two-storey structure featuring seven windows on its eastern face, made of sandstone ashlar. The building has a string course, a modillion cornice, and a parapet. The three central window bays project outward and are topped with a pediment. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, and the glazing bars are intact. The ground floor windows are round-headed, while the first floor windows are set within round-headed arcading, flanked by pilasters. On the north front, there are three windows, and above them on the first floor is a stone bust of William III on a pedestal.
Local climate
The Town Hall receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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