Blakes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1955. House. 3 related planning applications.
Blakes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- scarred-pedestal-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Horsham
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blakes Farmhouse, Steyning Road, Ashurst, BN44 3AN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 180 155
- Coordinates
- 50.92738, -0.3222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blakes Farmhouse is a timber-framed building, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier. It has an L-shaped layout. The west wing has been refronted with red brick, but the original timber frame with plaster infilling is visible on the east and north faces of the north wing. The roof is tiled; the west wing’s roof is hipped and steeply pitched. The windows are casement type. The west-facing elevation has two windows, and the south-facing elevation has two windows. This property possesses group value from its contribution to the rural historic landscape.
Local climate
Blakes Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 transactions since 2011
- 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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