Rowles Croft is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.

Rowles Croft

WRENN ID
dim-footing-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1952
Type
House
Address
Rowles Croft, 1, North End, Ditchling, Lewes, BN6 8TD
OS grid reference
TQ 325 153
Coordinates
50.92279, -0.11516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rowles Croft is an 18th-century building located on the west side of North End in Ditchling. It is two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is made of painted brick and has a wide eaves cornice along with a tiled roof. The glazing bars are intact. The building has two bays on both floors. The doorway is adorned with pilasters and a pediment, and it includes a semi-circular fanlight above a door with six fielded panels.

Local climate

Rowles Croft receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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