The Olde Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lewes local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1971. A C17 Cottage.

The Olde Cottage

WRENN ID
cold-rotunda-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lewes
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 July 1971
Type
Cottage
Address
The Olde Cottage, Wivelsfield
OS grid reference
TQ 337 216
Coordinates
50.97854, -0.09646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Olde Cottage is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed cottage that has been refaced with red brick, which is now painted, on the ground floor, and is tile-hung above. The cottage features a hipped tiled roof at the west end and has casement windows. It is two storeys high and has two windows.

Local climate

The Olde Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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