The Furnace is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Cottage.

The Furnace

WRENN ID
vast-window-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
The Furnace, Crowhurst Road
OS grid reference
TQ 757 121
Coordinates
50.88166, 0.49724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Furnace is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed cottage featuring plaster infilling, which was refronted with plaster in the 18th century. It has a tiled roof and casement windows, and the building stands two storeys high with two windows.

Local climate

The Furnace receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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