Wardsbrook Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A C16 Farmhouse. 5 related planning applications.

Wardsbrook Farmhouse

WRENN ID
scattered-lead-rush
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 August 1961
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wardsbrook Farmhouse, Wardsbrook Road, Ticehurst, TN5 7DR
OS grid reference
TQ 687 291
Coordinates
51.03651, 0.40514
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wardsbrook Farmhouse is an L-shaped timber-framed house, with the north wing dating from the 16th century and featuring close-studded construction with plaster infilling. The south wing, built around 1600, is of a lower elevation and has a west front that is currently tile-hung, supported by a bressummer and brackets. The roof is tiled and has two hips. The house has casement windows, some of which include diamond-shaped panes. It stands two storeys high with an attic, featuring three windows and one dormer. Inside, there is a queen-post roof.

Local climate

Wardsbrook Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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