Shepherd's Hut to the North East of New Barn, Birling Farm, East Dean is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1971. Hut.

Shepherd's Hut to the North East of New Barn, Birling Farm, East Dean

WRENN ID
white-corner-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Eastbourne MP: Josh Babarinde (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1971
Type
Hut
OS grid reference
TV 567 973
Coordinates
50.75499, 0.22155
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Shepherd's Hut, located to the northeast of New Barn at Birling Farm in East Dean, dates from the 19th century. This small, single-storey rectangular building is constructed with flints and features red brick quoins and a chimney breast. It has a gabled tiled roof with a catslide at the back. The hut has one window, which is currently unglazed. Inside, it originally had a long bench and a bunk on each side, although only one of these remains. There is a fireplace in the end wall, which has been partly bricked in. This building is listed for its sociological significance as a notable example of a structure that represents a way of life that has now largely disappeared.

Local climate

Shepherd's Hut to the North East of New Barn, Birling Farm, East Dean 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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