The
county of
West Sussex in
South East England has 176 Grade I listed buildings. Such buildings are described by
English Heritage, the authority responsible for their designation, as "of exceptional interest
ndsometimes considered to be internationally important". Grade I is the highest of the three grades of
listed status
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
in England: about 2.5% (or 9,300) of the country's 374,000 listed buildings have this designation.
West Sussex and its buildings
West Sussex, a
non-metropolitan county, is divided for administrative purposes into seven
local government districts, as marked on the map:
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Worthing
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Arun
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Chichester
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Horsham
Horsham is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...
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Crawley
Crawley () is a large town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of and had a population of 106,597 at the time of th ...
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Mid Sussex Mid Sussex is an area in the central part of Sussex. It may refer to:
* Mid Sussex District, a local government district in West Sussex
* Mid Sussex (UK Parliament constituency)
* Mid Sussex Football League
* Mid Sussex Times, a local newspaper
* A ...
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Adur
Listed buildings in England
In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a Government department, in accordance with the
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system in En ...
(a successor to the 1947 act).
, a
non-departmental public body, acts as an agency of this department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues.
There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest".
As of July 2009, about 374,000 buildings in England were listed. Around 92% of these had the lowest designation, Grade II; 5.5% were listed at Grade II*; and about 2.5% had the highest grade.
Listed status gives buildings a degree of protection from unapproved alteration, demolition or other changes.
Local authorities must consult English Heritage when an application for alteration of a Grade I-listed building is made.
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Arun
Chichester
Crawley
Horsham
Mid Sussex
Worthing
Notes
References
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External links
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West Sussex
Lists of listed buildings in West Sussex