Summerford Farmhouse, Numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages and Dairy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. Farmhouse, cottage. 6 related planning applications.

Summerford Farmhouse, Numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages and Dairy Cottage

WRENN ID
crooked-bonework-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1982
Type
Farmhouse, cottage
Address
Summerford Farmhouse, Numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages and Dairy Cottage, Beech Green Lane, Withyham, TN7 4DA
OS grid reference
TQ 498 366
Coordinates
51.10943, 0.13864
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises a farmhouse and two cottages, Riverside Cottages, along with a separate Dairy Cottage near Withyham. Dairy Cottage may originate from the 17th century, but was altered in the 18th century when numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages were added. The farmhouse itself is largely a building from the 19th century, although it may contain an earlier core.

Numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages have a front facade of red brick with grey brick headers, while Dairy Cottage is tile hung above a red brick base, with a brick and tile-hung rear elevation. All buildings have tiled roofs, punctuated by three brick chimney stacks. The window arrangement is irregular, with a mix of casements in cambered architraves and more modern casements. Two doorcases are topped with penticed tiled heads.

The farmhouse has two external brick chimneys to the rear, hinting at an earlier structure. It is two storeys high, with three windows. It features projecting end gables with decorative bargeboards and full-height bay windows containing six lights. A gabled central porch provides access.

Local climate

Summerford Farmhouse, Numbers 1 and 2 Riverside Cottages and Dairy Cottage 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 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
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  • 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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