The Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1971. House. 10 related planning applications.
The Manor House
- WRENN ID
- first-threshold-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven MP: Chris Ward (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Manor House, Telscombe, Lewes, BN7 3HY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 405 035
- Coordinates
- 50.81401, -0.00624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manor House is an 18th-century building, incorporating some older fabric within, and altered and extended in the 19th century. It is now owned by the National Trust. The building is two storeys and has an attic, with six windows on its front elevation. There are three gabled dormers. The north end of the building has been stuccoed, while the south end is faced with flints and has stuccoed quoins. The roof is tiled. The ground floor has casement windows, while the first floor features sash windows with intact glazing bars. Behind the main house, to the south-east, is a 19th-century round tower faced with flints.
Local climate
The Manor House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 10 applications
- 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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