Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1954. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-stronghold-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Arundel and South Downs MP: Andrew Griffith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1954
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Farmhouse, the Street, Houghton, Arun, BN18 9LW
- OS grid reference
- TQ 018 115
- Coordinates
- 50.89473, -0.55315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Farmhouse is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed cottage built on a flint base, with plaster, brick, and flint infilling, all of which is now painted. The first floor of the eastern half of the building is jettied and features curved braces. It has a hipped thatched roof and casement windows with small square panes. There is one oriel window that projects on a bracket. The building has two storeys and two windows.
Local climate
Old Farmhouse receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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