The Gothic Garden Seat at Uppark to the East of the Old Laundry and Kitchen Block is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Garden seat.
The Gothic Garden Seat at Uppark to the East of the Old Laundry and Kitchen Block
- WRENN ID
- hushed-truss-holly
- Grade
- II
- 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
- Garden seat
- Address
- The Gothic Garden Seat at Uppark to the East of the Old Laundry and Kitchen Block, GU31 5QR
- OS grid reference
- SU 780 176
- Coordinates
- 50.95289, -0.89015
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothic garden seat at Uppark, located to the east of the old Laundry and Kitchen block, was built by Sir Harry Fetherstonhaugh and designed by Humphry Repton around 1810 during the landscaping of the grounds. It features a semi-circular recess topped with a gable, which is lined with plaster and decorated with Gothic motifs.
Local climate
The Gothic Garden Seat at Uppark to the East of the Old Laundry and Kitchen Block receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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.
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