Clayton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1957. House. 1 related planning application.
Clayton Castle
- WRENN ID
- former-turret-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 October 1957
- Type
- House
- Address
- Clayton Castle, Spring Lane, Hassocks, Mid Sussex, BN6 9PJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 304 138
- Coordinates
- 50.9095, -0.14628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clayton Castle is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building that has plaster infilling. The ground floor has been rebuilt in painted brick, while the first floor of the south front is covered in tile-bung. It features a half-hipped tiled roof and casement windows. The building has two storeys and contains four windows. Despite its name, it has never functioned as a castle.
Local climate
Clayton Castle 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 — 3 transactions since 1999
- 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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