Stone House is a Grade II* listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. Residential/convent. 3 related planning applications.
Stone House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-dormer-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1953
- Type
- Residential/convent
- Address
- Stone House, High Street, Mayfield and Five Ashes, TN20 6AG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 587 270
- Coordinates
- 51.02063, 0.26156
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stone House is an 18th-century guest house, originally associated with the Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, situated on the High Street in Mayfield. The building is two storeys high, with a semi-basement level, and presents a five-window front. It is constructed of ashlar and features a parapet and a tiled roof. The basement has casement windows with stone mullions, while the upper floor has sash windows with intact glazing bars and obtusely-pointed heads. A porch with Ionic columns and a modillion cornice provides access to a doorway with an obtusely-pointed head.
Local climate
Stone House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% 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 67% 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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