Ashcombe House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1952. Farmhouse.
Ashcombe House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-wall-saffron
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Ashcombe House, Brighton Road, St. Ann (Without), Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 387 095
- Coordinates
- 50.86896, -0.02936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ashcombe House is an 18th-century building that was originally a farmhouse and served as the official residence of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sussex until 1985. The house has an L-shaped design, featuring two storeys and an attic, with five windows and three dormers that have segmental heads. The façade is constructed with grey headers, complemented by red brick dressings, quoins, and a modillion cornice. It has a parapet and a slate roof, with intact glazing bars. A small stone porch leads up four steps and is adorned with an enriched frieze and a pediment above. The main door consists of six fielded panels. The sides of the building are faced with flints and red brick. There is a later addition to the north, which includes two storeys and three windows.
Local climate
Ashcombe 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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