Windmill House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. A Early Modern House. 4 related planning applications.

Windmill House

WRENN ID
tangled-gravel-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1973
Type
House
Period
Early Modern
Address
Windmill House, High Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0AU
OS grid reference
SU 977 215
Coordinates
50.98545, -0.6081
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Windmill House is a house, originating as two cottages, dating to the 17th century or earlier. It is a timber-framed building, with the ground floor faced in stucco and the upper portion tile-hung. The roof is steeply pitched and hipped, covered with tiles, and has a pentice behind. It has casement windows, is three storeys high, and has two windows.

Local climate

Windmill House 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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
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