Former Shepherd's hut in the garden of 7, The Compts is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. Shepherd's hut.
Former Shepherd's hut in the garden of 7, The Compts
- WRENN ID
- wild-gravel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lewes
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Shepherd's hut
- Address
- Former Shepherd's hut in the garden of 7, The Compts, Peacehaven, BN10 7SQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 408 024
- Coordinates
- 50.80419, -0.00217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former shepherd's hut in the garden of 7 The Compts is a 19th-century small, single-storey rectangular building. It is faced with flints and has red brick quoins, topped with a hipped tiled roof. The hut features one window and has a fireplace inside, although the original bunk-bed is missing. This building is noted as a rare surviving example of its kind in Sussex and holds sociological interest.
Local climate
Former Shepherd's hut in the garden of 7, The Compts 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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