Drews Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. A C17 Former farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Drews Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-terrace-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Former farmhouse
- Address
- Drews Farmhouse, Plumpton Lane, Lewes, BN7 3AJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 362 139
- Coordinates
- 50.90909, -0.06341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drews Farmhouse is a building that dates back to the 17th century or earlier. Although it is no longer used as a farmhouse, it features a timber frame with plaster infilling at the back. The front has been refronted with red brick on the ground floor, while the upper part is tile-hung. The building has a hipped tiled roof and casement windows. At the back, there is a chimney breast made of stone rubble, which has tiled offsets and small recesses at the top. The farmhouse is two storeys high and has five windows. There is also a modern L-wing located behind the main structure.
Local climate
Drews Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 2018
- 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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