Middlefield Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1970. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Middlefield Cottage
- WRENN ID
- proud-chapel-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 April 1970
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Middlefield Cottage, Wivelsfield Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 4QY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 336 221
- Coordinates
- 50.98351, -0.09756
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Middlefield Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed building that was refronted in the early 19th century. The northern half of the cottage is fronted with red brick, while the southern half features red brick on the ground floor and weatherboarding above, all set on a cemented plinth. The roof is tiled and has central and end stacks. The cottage has two storeys and attics, with four windows, including two dormers and 19th century casements. There is also a later brick and weatherboarded weather porch.
Local climate
Middlefield Cottage 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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