Double Cell at the Dell to North of Goodwood House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 2000. Garden feature.

Double Cell at the Dell to North of Goodwood House

WRENN ID
sombre-obsidian-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Chichester MP: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 October 2000
Type
Garden feature
Address
Double Cell at the Dell to North of Goodwood House, Westhampnett, Chichester
OS grid reference
SU 886 090
Coordinates
50.87419, -0.74125
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The double cell at the Dell, located to the north of Goodwood House, is a garden feature dating from around 1730, created for the second Duke of Richmond. It is constructed from rubblestone with a stone rear wall and brick lining, set into an earth bank. There are entrances on each side leading to a curved passage that connects to the two cells. These cells are separated by a brick party wall that has a rectangular opening for communication between them. Each cell features a vaulted roof with a central circular roof-light and triangular-headed lantern niches.

This structure is one of several built around the bowl of a man-made amphitheatre, all part of the second Duke of Richmond's famous menagerie, where it is believed birds or animals were kept.

Local climate

Double Cell at the Dell to North of Goodwood House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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