Asset type
Historical building - Agricultural
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0014
Conservation Area (CA)
Rottingdean CA
Description
L-shaped range of former agricultural buildings, forming a yard. The buildings are present on the 1839 tithe map. They are long and low barn-like structures, with flint walls and prominent gabled and half-hipped tiled roofs. The buildings have been converted to residential use, involving the insertion of numerous windows and dormer windows. The bowling clubhouse barn and cart lodge are closely associated with the mews, but assessed separately.
B. Historic and evidential interest
ii. An important reminder of the agricultural origins of the area. Originally forming farm buildings to Challoners, the manorial farm, they are historically linked to this important part of historic Rottingdean
C. Townscape interest
i. In association with the bowling clubhouse barn and cart lodge, Challoners Mews forms the only largely unaltered farm complex visible in the streetscene. Other farm buildings in the conservation area either form individual buildings, are hidden from the streetscene or have been altered such that their agricultural form is no longer present.
iv. Some historic association with Challoners – the original manorial farm.
E. Rarity and representativeness
i. Representative of the agricultural origins of the area.
Date of inclusion
Pre-2015
