The Ruins of Brambletye House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. Ruins, mansion.

The Ruins of Brambletye House

WRENN ID
knotted-rood-harvest
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1953
Type
Ruins, mansion
Address
The Ruins of Brambletye House, London Road, Forest Row
OS grid reference
TQ 417 354
Coordinates
51.1005, 0.02297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ruins of Brambletye House are the remains of a mansion built by Sir Henry Compton during the reign of James I. The ruins mainly consist of three towers, each three storeys high, which now stand unattached to one another. The structure is made of ashlar stone. The west tower features an ogee-shaped cupola with a finial on top. The central tower, which served as the entrance porch with rooms above, displays the date 1631 in a lozenge above the second-floor window. This tower also has a four-centre archway with carved spandrels and a dripstone above it, along with a cartouche and a cornice that rises to form an ogee. The east tower is simpler, with one window on each floor. All the windows have stone mullions, and the west tower still retains its glass. To the north of the towers, there is a round-headed stone archway with a keystone and imposts, along with sections of wall on either side.

Local climate

The Ruins of Brambletye House 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 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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