The Castle to the South West of Hickstead Place is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1957. Ornamental building. 1 related planning application.
The Castle to the South West of Hickstead Place
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1957
- Type
- Ornamental building
- Address
- The Castle to the South West of Hickstead Place, RH17 5LZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 267 199
- Coordinates
- 50.96523, -0.19599
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Castle, located to the south-west of Hickstead Place, is a small ornamental building in the garden, likely originally a summer-house. It dates from the early 17th century and is two storeys high with one window. The building is constructed of red brick and features a Horsham slab roof. It has crow-stepped gables on the north and south sides, and there is a two-storeyed projection on the east side that contains the staircase.
Local climate
The Castle to the South West of Hickstead Place receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% 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 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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