Rafters is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. A C17 Farm. 1 related planning application.
Rafters
- WRENN ID
- old-gateway-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farm
- Address
- Rafters, Chiltington Lane, East Chiltington, BN7 3QU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 385 153
- Coordinates
- 50.92119, -0.02956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rafters, originally known as Poyers Farm, dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is a two-storey building with four windows. The ground floor is red brick, while the upper floor is tile-hung. The roof is hipped and tiled. The windows are casement windows. A doorway features a projecting cornice. A modern bow window has been added to the west end of the ground floor, and a modern L-shaped extension stands behind the main building.
Local climate
Rafters receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- 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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