Gravelye House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 February 1973. House. 3 related planning applications.
Gravelye House
- WRENN ID
- vast-bracket-jay
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 February 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gravelye House, Gravelye Lane, Lindfield Rural, RH16 2SN
- OS grid reference
- TQ 347 242
- Coordinates
- 51.00148, -0.08029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gravelye House was built in 1825-1826 by John Smith, a Member of Parliament from Dale Park, Madehurst, near Arundel, for the Quaker William Allen of "Allen and Hanburys." Together with John Smith and the Earl of Chichester, they established the Allotment Colony in Lindfield known as "America," aimed at helping the poor of Lindfield. William Allen passed away in this house in 1843. The building is two storeys high with six windows and is finished in stucco with a slate roof. It features two parallel ranges, with the front range having a central section of four windows and slightly recessed wings, the southern wing having a ground floor window only. There is a stringcourse, and the glazing bars are intact. The ground floor includes round-headed windows with Gothic glazing set in arcading. The porch is supported by square Doric columns and has a projecting cornice. Above the roof of the back range, there is a small cupola that contains a bell.
Local climate
Gravelye 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- 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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