The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Almshouses.

The Almshouses

WRENN ID
rooted-copper-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Almshouses
Address
The Almshouses, Petworth Road, Tillington, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 966 216
Coordinates
50.9862, -0.62484
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Almshouses are a building from 1840, consisting of two cottages. The north gable end features a stone panel that reads 'Built and endowed 1840'. The structure is made of ashlar stone and has a slate roof. Both the north and south gable ends have scalloped bargeboards. The cottages have sash windows with intact glazing bars and dripmoulds above. There are two small square projecting stone porches, and the building is single-storey with three windows.

Local climate

The Almshouses 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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