Telegraph House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Telegraph House
- WRENN ID
- graven-garret-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Telegraph House, the Street, Binsted, East Hampshire, GU34 4PQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 785 414
- Coordinates
- 51.16701, -0.87855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Telegraph House is a house dating from 1829. It was originally constructed as a semaphore signalling station on a line from Chatley Heath, part of the London to Portsmouth signalling system, extending west towards Plymouth. The main structure is a central, nearly square, three-storey block with a flat roof, flanked by two-storeyed north and south wings, which were originally single-storey. The west elevation has a 2-3-2 window arrangement over three storeys, with a 1-1-1 window layout. The building is constructed of roughcast, with a slate roof. It features a parapet with coping and a moulded cornice, with a first-floor band continuing as original cornices around the wings. The windows are plain sashes set in reveals, and there is a plinth. A single-storey extension is located at the centre of the east side, containing a plain arched doorway facing south. A single-storey 20th-century wing extends from the north-east corner, serving as a service wing and garage. The upper parts of the wings are covered with slate roofs. The building was originally known as the River Hill Station.
Local climate
Telegraph 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 lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 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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