Chapel Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1952. A C16 Farmhouse.
Chapel Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- rough-beam-grain
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Chapel Farmhouse, Chapel Lane, East Chiltington, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 369 151
- Coordinates
- 50.91915, -0.05326
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Chapel Farmhouse is a 16th-century timber-framed building, which is the last remnant of a larger structure once occupied by the Challoner family. The main part of the farmhouse has mostly been refaced with red brick, while the south front is tile hung above the ground floor. It features a slate roof.
The east front has a tall gabled projection in the center that contains the staircase and has blocked windows. To the north of this projection is an L-shaped wing, where the first floor on the east face overhangs on the ends of the floor joists and is cemented. The south face of this wing is tile hung on the first floor. In the angle between the two wings is a chimney breast made of stone rubble with ashlar quoins and a brick stack. There is a similar but less prominent wing at the south-east corner, which projects less and does not have a chimney breast.
The farmhouse has mostly casement windows, along with two intact sash windows featuring glazing bars. It is two storeys high and has five windows in total. Inside, there are 16th-century paneling, fireplaces, and a staircase.
Local climate
Chapel Farmhouse 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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