Birling Manor is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Manor. 7 related planning applications.

Birling Manor

WRENN ID
solemn-beam-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Manor
Address
Birling Manor, Birling Gap Road, East Dean and Friston, Wealden, BN20 0AA
OS grid reference
TV 557 969
Coordinates
50.75137, 0.2069
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Birling Manor is an L-shaped building dating from the 18th century or earlier. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The south-west elevation features three windows and three dormers, while the south-east side has four windows. The exterior is faced with flints, accented by red brick dressings and quoins, while the north front is stuccoed. The building has a tiled roof and retains its glazing bars. A notable feature is the four-centred stone doorway. To the north-west, there is an almost separate wing that runs parallel to the main structure and has a hipped roof.

Local climate

Birling Manor 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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