Frogfirle House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. House, youth hostel. 5 related planning applications.
Frogfirle House
- WRENN ID
- twisted-banister-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1981
- Type
- House, youth hostel
- Address
- Frogfirle House, Seaford Road, Alfriston, Wealden, BN26 5TT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 517 019
- Coordinates
- 50.7972, 0.1524
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Frogfirle House is a youth hostel incorporating a 16th-century core. The original north front dates to around 1538, as indicated by the date inscription on the west gable. It is a two-storey, four-window structure with a flint facade and a tiled roof, featuring three chimney breasts. Modern windows have been installed. Significant additions were made to the south side of the building between 1905 and 1924.
Local climate
Frogfirle 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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