Preyste House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1973. House. 1 related planning application.

Preyste House

WRENN ID
floating-rubble-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 November 1973
Type
House
Address
Preyste House, North Street, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0DE
OS grid reference
SU 977 219
Coordinates
50.9885, -0.60929
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Preyste House is an 18th-century house located on the east side of North Street, Petworth. It is two storeys high and originally had three windows, with a further window bay added to the north end, built over a carriage archway. The exterior is stuccoed, featuring long and short quoins. The roof is tiled, and the original windows retain their glazing bars on the first floor only.

Local climate

Preyste House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
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  • 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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