The Summer House or Dairy at Firle Place to the South West of the House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. Dairy.

The Summer House or Dairy at Firle Place to the South West of the House

WRENN ID
tilted-tracery-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1965
Type
Dairy
OS grid reference
TQ 473 070
Coordinates
50.84442, 0.09122
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Summer House or Dairy at Firle Place, located to the south-west of the main house, is a small building from the late 18th century. It has the external appearance of a summer house but is partly lined with tiles, indicating it may have served as an ornamental dairy. The structure is a single storey with two windows and is faced with flints, featuring red brick window dressings and quoins. It has a hipped thatched roof, and both the east and west fronts have a slight curve in the center. The building includes pointed windows and a doorway, along with two square-headed recesses.

Local climate

The Summer House or Dairy at Firle Place to the South West of the House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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