Rushes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1973. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Rushes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- turning-railing-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Rushes Farmhouse, 2, Bell Hill, Petersfield, East Hampshire, GU32 2ES
- OS grid reference
- SU 740 238
- Coordinates
- 51.009, -0.94553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rushes Farmhouse is a late 17th century or early 18th century double-fronted house that stands two storeys high and features three windows beneath a high-pitched, tiled roof. The first floor is tile hung, while the ground floor is finished in painted brick. The house has recessed, late 19th century sash windows. The entrance door consists of six fielded panels set in a panelled reveal, adorned with a reeded architrave that includes paterae at the corners and a replaced cornice hood. Inside, the ground floor rooms contain some massive beams, an inglenook fireplace, and two old plank doors with strap hinges, one of which has an ancient rim lock.
Local climate
Rushes Farmhouse receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- 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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