Great Shoesmiths Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1953. A C17 Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Great Shoesmiths Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- seventh-plaster-cream
- 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
- Great Shoesmiths Farmhouse, Whitegates Lane, Wadhurst, TN5 6QG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 628 345
- Coordinates
- 51.08755, 0.32331
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Shoesmiths Farmhouse is an L-shaped building with a north-west wing dating to the 15th century and a south or main wing built in the late 17th century. The north-west wing is now faced with red brick on the ground floor and tile-hung above, with a tiled roof. It features casement windows with diamond-shaped panes. The south wing is a long, two-storey building constructed of ashlar, also with a tiled roof and casement windows. It has eight windows and a doorway with a pediment-shaped hood above.
Local climate
Great Shoesmiths Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2023
- 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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