The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. House.

The Old House

WRENN ID
lesser-parapet-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
The Old House, Boltro Road, Haywards Heath
OS grid reference
TQ 328 240
Coordinates
51.00055, -0.10859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old House is a house dating from around 1590, according to deeds, though there are said to be traces of a medieval building that were not seen during the survey. The house has been restored and enlarged in the 20th century. It features a timber-framed front with square framing, which is partly filled with plaster and partly with brick. The roof is hipped, with Horsham stone slabs on the south side and tiles on the north. There is an external brick chimney breast at the south end and a multiple off-central ridge stack. The building has two storeys and four windows, which are 20th-century casement windows. There are modern wings added to the north and east that are not of special interest. Inside, the ground floor includes a spine beam and joists with lambs tongue stops, as well as a large sandstone fireplace with a moulded beam above. It is noted that the house has been re-roofed, but only the ground floor was inspected.

Local climate

The Old House 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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