The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. House.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pewter-kestrel
- 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
- House
- Address
- The Old House, High Street, Balcombe
- OS grid reference
- TQ 296 324
- Coordinates
- 51.07674, -0.15126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a building that was once two cottages, likely dating from the 17th century. It stands two storeys high and features five windows. The ground floor is constructed of red brick, while the upper part is tile hung. The roof is tiled, and the building has casement windows. There are two small former porches that have been blocked and are now blind. At the west end, there is a small modern addition, and at the east end, there is a larger addition, both made of red brick on the ground floor and weather-boarded above.
Local climate
The Old House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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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