Aldworth House is a Grade I listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. A Victorian House. 2 related planning applications.
Aldworth House
- WRENN ID
- final-porch-wagtail
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 June 1959
- Type
- House
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Aldworth House, Tennyson's Lane, Lurgashall, Chichester, GU27 3BJ
- OS grid reference
- SU 925 307
- Coordinates
- 51.06897, -0.68021
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Aldworth House is a Grade I listed building designed by Sir James Knowles for Lord Tennyson and constructed in 1869. Tennyson lived in the house, primarily during the summer months, to escape the increasing number of visitors at Farringford on the Isle of Wight. He passed away in the house on October 6, 1892. The house is built in a semi-Gothic style and features two storeys and an attic, with three windows facing south. It is constructed from local sandstone and has an open parapet. The high hipped slate roof is adorned with three tall gabled dormers, each topped with elaborate finials. The south front includes stone mullioned casement windows and a splayed bay on both the ground and first floors. The west front has a flat bay, behind which is the ballroom with an attic above. The east front features a wide portico with three pointed arches. The building is listed Grade I due to its significant historical associations.
Local climate
Aldworth House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings