The Well House to South East of Saddlescombe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 October 1957. Shed.
The Well House to South East of Saddlescombe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- seventh-step-russet
- 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
- Shed
- Address
- The Well House to South East of Saddlescombe Farmhouse, Saddlescombe Road, Newtimber, Mid Sussex
- OS grid reference
- TQ 272 114
- Coordinates
- 50.88859, -0.19168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well House, located to the south-east of Saddlescombe Farmhouse, is a small square building dating from the 16th to 17th century. It is a timbered shed that is faced with weather-boarding and sits on a flint base. The building features a pyramidal slate roof and contains an intact donkey-wheel, which was used to raise water from the well.
Local climate
The Well House to South East of Saddlescombe Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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