Old Birchden is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Old Birchden
- WRENN ID
- under-barrel-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1953
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Birchden, Withyham, TN3 9PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 528 354
- Coordinates
- 51.09786, 0.18126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Birchden is a 17th century or earlier L-shaped building that stands two storeys tall and features four windows. The ground floor is constructed of red brick with grey headers, while the upper storey is tile-hung. It has a tiled roof with a gable at the west end. The windows are casement style. Notably, the east end of the house has been converted from a circular oasthouse, although the conical roof has been removed.
Local climate
Old Birchden receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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