Moat Barn, Plumpton Agricultural College is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. Agricultural building. 1 related planning application.
Moat Barn, Plumpton Agricultural College
- WRENN ID
- stony-ashlar-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Agricultural building
- Address
- Moat Barn, Plumpton Agricultural College, Lewes, BN7 3AF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 359 134
- Coordinates
- 50.90481, -0.06843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moat Barn, located at Plumpton Agricultural College, is a large L-shaped building that likely dates back to the 17th century. Originally part of Plumpton Place, it is now used by the college. The north wing features timber framing, while the east wing is covered with tarred weatherboarding. The building has a hipped tiled roof, which includes a pentice on the eastern half of the south front. Inside, there are queen-posts and diagonal braces.
Local climate
Moat Barn, Plumpton Agricultural College 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 sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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