Moses Hill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Moses Hill Farm

WRENN ID
mired-zinc-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
Farmhouse
Address
Moses Hill Farm, Fernhurst, Chichester, GU27 3LU
OS grid reference
SU 891 299
Coordinates
51.06228, -0.72945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moses Hill Farm is a farmhouse that features a west part dating back to the 14th century, originally an open hall that had a ceiling and chimneystack inserted around 1600 when it was owned by John Moses. To the east, there is a formerly detached hunting lodge built around 1860, and these two sections are connected by a wing added around 1904. The west wing is timber-framed and faced with stone rubble, topped with a steeply pitched tiled roof and a large panelled brick chimneystack.

The north front displays exposed jowled posts with diagonal tension braces and has one blocked 16th-century diamond mullioned window with four lights, a gabled dormer, and three 20th-century windows. The west front features four modern dormers, while the south front shows exposed framing on the first floor with close-studding and some diagonal tension braces. The central link block from 1904 has a roughcast ground floor and is hung with fishscale tiles above. The east wing, built around 1860, is made of partially painted red brick on the ground floor and tile-hung on the first floor, featuring a tiled roof and casement windows.

Inside the west wing, there is a lounge that includes a large 4-centred arched brick fireplace from around 1600, along with an inserted ceiling that has a 2-inch chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stops and similarly detailed floor joists. The first floor has thick upright posts with wide jowls, and the sans-purlin roof has crown posts that are square in section, with curved head braces and curved tension braces on either side. Carpenter's marks from the 14th century are visible, and the end bay to the south has a pattern of curved tension bracing underneath the tie beam, along with rush light marks. The attic has not been inspected, but smoke-blackened rafters have been reported.

The east wing features a wooden mantelpiece and cupboards in an early 17th-century style, complete with cocks head hinges and six-panelled doors. In the late 19th century, a gamekeeper occupied part of the west wing, which also included stabling.

Local climate

Moses Hill Farm 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.

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