Wellhouse to Preston Manor is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1971. Wellhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Wellhouse to Preston Manor
- WRENN ID
- dusk-garret-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1971
- Type
- Wellhouse
- Address
- Wellhouse to Preston Manor, Preston Drove, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 6EW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 064
- Coordinates
- 50.84271, -0.14929
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A wellhouse, dating from circa 1735, now in a ruined state. Constructed of flint with brick dressings, the building has a rectangular plan, with a possible original stable extension to the east. Brick quoins are present. The west side features two four-centred arches in brick, while the north side originally had three, all of which are now blocked and likely rebuilt. The south side has been extensively repaired and largely obscured by ivy. A single low segmental arch exists on the east side. The well itself remains, surrounded by a low brick wall which supports the remnants of a 19th-century cast-iron winding mechanism. Carder’s Encyclopaedia of Brighton provides further information.
Local climate
Wellhouse to Preston Manor receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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