Great Bently Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Farmhouse.

Great Bently Farmhouse

WRENN ID
former-pinnacle-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 May 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Great Bently Farmhouse, Balcombe Road, Ansty and Staplefield
OS grid reference
TQ 312 278
Coordinates
51.0346, -0.12886
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Great Bently Farmhouse is an L-shaped building that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. The east front features exposed timbering with plaster infilling, while the rest of the structure has been refaced with red brick on the ground floor and tile-hung above. The farmhouse has a tiled roof and is two storeys high, with four windows and casement windows throughout. There is a 19th-century addition to the northwest.

Local climate

Great Bently 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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