Massetts is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.
Massetts
- WRENN ID
- grim-mantel-curlew
- 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
- Massetts, Butterbox Lane, Lindfield Rural, RH17 7NN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 387 235
- Coordinates
- 50.99506, -0.02415
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Massetts is a 17th century or earlier L-shaped timber-framed building that has been restored and enlarged. It stands two storeys high with an attic and features four windows and one dormer. The ground floor of the main wing has been rebuilt using red brick with grey headers. Above, the timber framing is exposed with plaster infilling, while the south end is tile-hung. The west wing is faced with ashlar on the ground floor and red brick above. There is an overhanging gable at the center of the main front, with the gable end facing north. The roof is tiled and the windows are casement style. Lady Wolseley, a Sussex author and daughter of a Field Marshall, lived here from 1917 to 1927, and the house is illustrated and described in her book "The Smaller Manor Houses of Sussex."
Local climate
Massetts receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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