Trofts is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
Trofts
- WRENN ID
- dusk-shingle-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Trofts, Petworth, Chichester, GU28 0HN
- OS grid reference
- SU 987 205
- Coordinates
- 50.97624, -0.59464
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house, originally with four windows, located in Petworth, near Byworth. The exterior is roughcast and features long and short cemented quoins and window surrounds. A stringcourse runs horizontally across the facade. The roof is tiled and hipped in two sections. The original window glazing bars remain intact. A later porch has been added, distinguished by fluted columns and a projecting cornice.
Local climate
Trofts 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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