The Toat Monument is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1980. Folly. 1 related planning application.
The Toat Monument
- WRENN ID
- buried-chancel-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1980
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- The Toat Monument, Toat Lane, Pulborough, Horsham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 049 215
- Coordinates
- 50.98408, -0.50571
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Toat Monument is a folly built by Samuel Drinkwater in 1827. It is an octagonal turret made of ashlar, featuring a castellated parapet and loop windows. Inside, there is a wooden ladder staircase.
Local climate
The Toat Monument receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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