Telegraph House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Telegraph House
- WRENN ID
- late-doorway-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Telegraph House, Chichester Road, Elsted and Treyford, PO18 9JX
- OS grid reference
- SU 809 174
- Coordinates
- 50.95067, -0.84839
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Telegraph House is an L-shaped building dating from the mid-19th century. It features a stucco exterior, an eaves bracket cornice, and a slate roof. The building has casement windows and a tower that rises four storeys with a single window at the southeast angle. A round window is located on the second floor, topped by a pyramidal slate roof with a ball cap. The south front includes a round-headed doorway flanked by pilasters and a projecting cornice. The west end of this front projects and consists of one storey and an attic, featuring four windows and two dormers. The remainder of the front has two storeys and an attic, with four windows and two dormers, while there are four windows facing east. This site originally housed a semaphore station during the early days of communication. The current house was constructed in connection with this station. From 1927 to 1937, it served as the home of the notable Beacon Hill School, which was run by Bertrand Russell, later known as Lord Russell, and Dora Black. The building is listed for its historical significance.
Local climate
Telegraph House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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