Ranscombe House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. House. 4 related planning applications.
Ranscombe House
- WRENN ID
- cold-railing-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ranscombe House, Glynde, Lewes, BN8 6AA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 439 086
- Coordinates
- 50.85907, 0.04393
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ranscombe House is an 18th-century building originally listed as Ranscombe Farmhouse, comprising two parallel ranges. It is two storeys high and has four windows. The ground floor is faced with flints and has red brick dressings and quoins, while the upper floor is tile-hung. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. Original glazing bars remain intact. A small wooden projection, likely a former porch, is also present.
Local climate
Ranscombe 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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