Skinner's House is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. A Medieval House. 4 related planning applications.
Skinner's House
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-column-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1953
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Skinner's House, Wadhurst, TN5 6JT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 607 312
- Coordinates
- 51.05838, 0.29268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Skinner's House is a 15th-century timber-framed building in Bestbeech Hill, Wadhurst. Originally known as Skinner's Farmhouse, it was later refaced with brick, now painted, and has a tile-hung upper portion. The roof is tiled. The windows are casement windows with small square panes of glass, and there are two doorways each protected by a flat hood. The building is two storeys in height and has three windows.
Local climate
Skinner's House 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 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 5 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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