The Gateway to the Commandery is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Gateway. 5 related planning applications.
The Gateway to the Commandery
- WRENN ID
- hushed-terrace-shade
- 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
- Gateway
- Address
- The Gateway to the Commandery, West Street, Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9NF
- OS grid reference
- SU 886 214
- Coordinates
- 50.98538, -0.73905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gateway to the Commandery is the only remaining structure of the Old Commandery, dating from the 16th century. It features a doorway with a wooden surround that includes an inner rail of bead and spindle and an outer rail of egg and dart design. Above the doorway is a stone parapet with a tablet that notes, "In 1811 the Commandery House of the Knights of St John stood here." Additionally, there is a drawing by Grimm of the Commandery dated 1791.
Local climate
The Gateway to the Commandery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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