Challen's Yard is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1959. Former wheelwright's shop and cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Challen's Yard
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-landing-dale
- 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
- Former wheelwright's shop and cottages
- Address
- Challen's Yard, Easebourne Street, Chichester, GU29 0BQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 903 232
- Coordinates
- 51.00148, -0.71398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Challen's Yard is a former wheelwright's shop and three cottages that have been converted into one house. The building dates from the 17th century or earlier and features a timber-framed structure with stone rubble infilling. The first floor at the rear extends out over an oak bressummer supported by brackets. It has a half-hipped tiled roof and includes casement windows. The building is two storeys high and has three windows.
Local climate
Challen's Yard 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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