Swifts is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
Swifts
- WRENN ID
- scattered-courtyard-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 December 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Swifts, Spotted Cow Lane, Buxted, TN22 4QG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 512 240
- Coordinates
- 50.99564, 0.15364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swifts is a 15th-century timber-framed house that has been restored and altered. The ground floor features plaster infilling and close-studding, while the first floor is now tile-hung. It has a hipped tiled roof and a central two-storey projecting porch made of stone, which includes a four-centred doorway. The house has casement windows and consists of two storeys plus an attic, with a total of four windows and two dormers.
Local climate
Swifts receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
- 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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