Gibraltar is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Gibraltar
- WRENN ID
- calm-rampart-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gibraltar, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 469 079
- Coordinates
- 50.85286, 0.08609
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gibraltar is an L-shaped farmhouse, likely from the 17th century, that has been refaced. The east wing features red brick on the ground floor and tile-hanging above, while the north wing is constructed with flints and has red brick dressings and quoins. The farmhouse has a tiled roof with a pentice on the south and west sides. It includes sash windows, although the glazing bars are missing. The north wing has a porch with wide columns and a door made of six fielded panels. The building stands two storeys high with an attic, containing four windows and one dormer.
Local climate
Gibraltar receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% 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, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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