Pest House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1979. Pest house. 3 related planning applications.
Pest House
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1979
- Type
- Pest house
- Address
- Pest House, Dorset Avenue, East Grinstead, RH19 2AE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 384 392
- Coordinates
- 51.13599, -0.02254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pest House, dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century, is a two-storey building. The ground floor is built of red brick, while the first floor is tile-hung. The roof is tiled with external axial chimney stacks topped with chimney pots. There are three casement windows; two are three-light windows. A simple central doorcase provides entry.
Local climate
Pest 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 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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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