The Privy is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 2000. Privy.
The Privy
- WRENN ID
- sheer-loggia-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 2000
- Type
- Privy
- Address
- The Privy, Westhampnett, Chichester
- OS grid reference
- SU 888 095
- Coordinates
- 50.879, -0.73892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Privy is an 18th-century building, likely constructed in the mid-18th century for the second Duke of Richmond. It is built of red brick in Flemish bond with rubbed brick dressings and features a replacement leaded roof from around 1999. The structure has a hexagonal plan and includes a plinth, stepped dentilled eaves, and a roof finial. The entrance is located on the south side and consists of two stone steps leading to a double door with six flush panels beneath a flat gauged brick arch, flanked by Diocletian windows. At the rear, there are low-level traces of three former bucket holes. Inside, there are remains of panelled walls and a decorative mid-rail, along with a door architrave that features Vitruvian scroll decoration and a finely-carved egg-and-tongue motif.
Local climate
The Privy receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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