Houghton House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1954. House.
Houghton House
- WRENN ID
- peeling-pedestal-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- Houghton House, the Street, Arun
- OS grid reference
- TQ 017 114
- Coordinates
- 50.89386, -0.55416
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Houghton House is an L-shaped building located on the south side of The Street, facing the road, with an additional L-wing to the southeast. The northeast wing dates from the 18th century, while the west wing is from the early 19th century and is of a higher elevation. The building has two storeys and features four windows. It is constructed with square knapped flints and red brick, with decorative elements including dressings, quoins, a flush stringcourse, and a modillion eaves cornice. The roof is tiled, and the glazing bars are intact. The entrance has a doorway with engaged columns, a modillioned pediment, and a door made up of six moulded and fielded panels.
Local climate
Houghton 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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