The South West Lodge of Balcombe Place with the Gate Piers and Flanking Walls Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Lodge. 1 related planning application.
The South West Lodge of Balcombe Place with the Gate Piers and Flanking Walls Adjoining
- WRENN ID
- rooted-remnant-brook
- 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
- Lodge
- Address
- The South West Lodge of Balcombe Place with the Gate Piers and Flanking Walls Adjoining, RH17 6QJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 321 286
- Coordinates
- 51.04192, -0.11594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The South West Lodge of Balcombe Place, along with the adjoining gate piers and flanking walls, was built in 1858 and designed by architect Henry Clutton. This T-shaped stone building is a single storey with one window on each front and features a tiled roof. Each wing has a gable with scalloped barge-boards, and the date along with the initials "H. A. J." are displayed. The lodge has casement windows with stone mullions. To the south west of the lodge are stone gate-piers topped with obelisks. To the north west, there is a curved stone wall with a pierced ornamental balustrade, and to the south east of the gate-piers is a similar L-shaped stone wall also featuring a pierced ornamental balustrade.
Local climate
The South West Lodge of Balcombe Place with the Gate Piers and Flanking Walls Adjoining 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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- Radon risk assessment
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