The Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
The Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-finial-umber
- 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
- Almshouses
- Address
- The Almshouses, Bepton Road, Midhurst, Chichester, GU29 9LZ
- OS grid reference
- SU 885 213
- Coordinates
- 50.98497, -0.74029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Almshouses are a building with a foundation dating back to the 17th century. It was rebuilt in 1862, as indicated by an inscription on the structure. The building is designed in the Tudor Gothic style and constructed of stone, featuring a small tile-hung gable at the center. The north wall is made of red brick, and the roof is tiled. It has casement windows with three pointed lights, each adorned with dripmoulds above. The entrance features a rusticated four-centred doorway, also with a dripmould.
Local climate
The Almshouses 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2021
- 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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