Grayfriars is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Toll-house, lodge. 3 related planning applications.
Grayfriars
- WRENN ID
- errant-roof-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- Toll-house, lodge
- Address
- Grayfriars, Gravelye Lane, Lindfield Rural, RH16 2RX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 350 248
- Coordinates
- 51.00711, -0.07645
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grayfriars is a building dating from around 1830, possibly serving as a toll-house or lodge. It is finished in stucco and has a slate roof. The structure features a central two-storey section with one window, topped by a gable that has kneelers, coping, and a pendant. On each side of the central portion, there are single-storey sections with a pentice that has coping and kneelers facing the street. The building includes pointed casement windows and a doorway with a pointed tympanum located in the north wall.
Local climate
Grayfriars 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- 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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