Sussex House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. House. 5 related planning applications.
Sussex House
- WRENN ID
- ruined-spire-laurel
- 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
- House
- Address
- Sussex House, Red Lion Street, Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9NQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 886 214
- Coordinates
- 50.98558, -0.73809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sussex House is a house, with a section dating to the 18th century. The south portion was originally the shop on the north corner of West Street. It is stuccoed, with a modillion eaves cornice and a tiled roof. The original glazing bars remain on the first floor. On the ground floor, fluted pilasters are flanked by modern plate glass shop windows. The building is two storeys high and has three windows across the front.
The north end of the building was originally a separate structure, dating to the 16th century. It is timber-framed with plaster infilling and diagonal braces. A stone plinth is cemented. The first floor oversails on a moulded bressumer and has a tiled roof. A four-light shallow bay window, supported on corbels, projects from the first floor. A modern bay window is present on the ground floor. This section is two storeys high and has one window.
Local climate
Sussex House 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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