Spikemead Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Crawley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1983. Farmhouse.
Spikemead Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- strange-cupola-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Crawley
- Constituency
- Crawley MP: Peter Lamb (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Spikemead Farmhouse, Poles Lane
- OS grid reference
- TQ 263 395
- Coordinates
- 51.14164, -0.19522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spikemead Farmhouse is a timber-framed building dated 1604 based on documentary evidence. It features a central smoke bay and a cross passage, with an added kitchen to the north. The farmhouse has one storey and attics, with the ground floor constructed of red brick and the first floor tile hung. The roof is tiled and includes three dormers. There are three casement windows and a gabled brick porch. A large chimney breast is located on the south wall, and there is an inglenook hearth with an oven beside the outside back of the added kitchen bay.
Local climate
Spikemead Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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