Slindon House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1958. A C16 House. 4 related planning applications.

Slindon House

WRENN ID
night-fireplace-wagtail
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 June 1958
Type
House
Address
Slindon House, Top Road, Arun, BN18 0RH
OS grid reference
SU 960 084
Coordinates
50.86785, -0.63707
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Slindon House is a Grade II* listed property owned by the National Trust and currently occupied by Slindon College. The original structure on this site was a medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of Canterbury, of which only part of a tower remains in the garden to the northwest of the house. The house was rebuilt by Sir Garet Kempe around 1560 and has undergone alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as further changes by Mervyn Macartney in 1921.

The main portion of the house is L-shaped, with later additions to the north. The south front, primarily from the 18th century, features two storeys and an attic, with six windows and four dormers. It is faced with flints and has a parapet, flanked by octagonal turrets of 16th-century character topped with cupolas. The sash windows do not have glazing bars. The west front dates from the 16th century, altered in the 19th and 20th centuries, and consists of three storeys and an attic, with six windows and three dormers. It includes two three-storeyed bays and a porch with two storeys above, along with a projecting wing at the north end, featuring casement windows.

Local climate

Slindon House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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