Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants Lancaster House Lancaster House (Including, Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants) is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. House, shop.
Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants Lancaster House Lancaster House (Including, Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants)
- WRENN ID
- tired-flue-moth
- 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
- House, shop
- Address
- Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants Lancaster House Lancaster House (Including, Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants), Golden Square, Petworth, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 976 216
- Coordinates
- 50.98558, -0.6098
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lancaster House, which includes Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants, is a house that has been converted into shops. It was formerly occupied by the Haslemere Co-operative Society and was originally known as York & Lancaster House. This building dates back to the 17th century or earlier and features a timber frame that was refaced with red brick in the 19th century. It has two storeys with a central section that has three windows, topped by a balustraded parapet, flanked by projecting gabled wings with two windows each and attic windows in the gables. The roof is tiled. The building has sash windows, some of which still have intact glazing bars, and a modern shop front. The west wall is made of sandstone and features two large chimney breasts, one of which has a crow-stepped red brick stack and a blocked original window. The south front is made of 18th-century sandstone. Inside, the house contains 16th and 17th-century panelling and a 17th-century staircase.
Local climate
Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants Lancaster House Lancaster House (Including, Charles Hennings, Caterers and Wine Merchants) 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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