Bowders Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Farmhouse.
Bowders Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- western-ashlar-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bowders Farmhouse, Haywards Heath Road, Balcombe
- OS grid reference
- TQ 318 292
- Coordinates
- 51.04756, -0.12105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowders Farmhouse is an L-shaped timber-framed building, with its original section dating back to the 15th century. The northwest wing was added in the 17th century and features a chimney breast at the angle of the L. The farmhouse is now faced with red brick on the ground floor and tile hanging above. It has a tiled roof and casement windows, standing two storeys tall with four windows in total.
Local climate
Bowders Farmhouse 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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