Rookcross is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
Rookcross
- WRENN ID
- south-sill-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rookcross, Bassell's Lane, West Grinstead, RH13 8LL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 163 200
- Coordinates
- 50.96809, -0.34463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rookcross is likely a 17th-century building. It is a two-storey structure with seven windows. The building is now faced with red brick, with the first floor at the south end weather-boarded. It has a hipped tiled roof and casement windows. A modern gabled porch has been added.
Local climate
Rookcross 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 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 — 9 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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