Orlingbury House is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Orlingbury House

WRENN ID
tangled-courtyard-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1953
Type
Cottage
Address
Orlingbury House, Yew Tree House, Lewes Road, Forest Row, RH18 5AA
OS grid reference
TQ 425 349
Coordinates
51.09646, 0.03388
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Yew Tree House, formerly known as Orlingbury House and previously listed as Highway Close, is an 18th-century building. It stands two storeys high and features five windows. The exterior is made of painted brick, topped with a hipped tiled roof. The glazing bars are intact. The entrance includes a doorway adorned with Doric columns, a pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and a door with six fielded panels.

Local climate

Orlingbury 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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