Smuggler's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1987. Outbuilding.

Smuggler's Cottage

WRENN ID
hallowed-rubble-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 October 1987
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Smuggler's Cottage, Station Road, Northiam
OS grid reference
TQ 825 251
Coordinates
50.99647, 0.60067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Smuggler's Cottage is an outbuilding dating from the 18th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It was likely built as an outbuilding for Tipsey Cottage and later used as a cottage in the 19th century; it is now used for storage. The original 18th-century timber frame has been re-walled or infilled with brick in the 19th century. The building features a tall, plain tiled gambrel roof with a tiled gable at the south end, along with a brick gable and chimney stack at the same end.

It is a single-storey structure with an attic and has a single unit plan that runs parallel to the street. The central entrance doorway is framed in heavy timber and has a threshold that is lower than the pavement. There is a 19th-century vertical board door with strap hinges, and to the left of the entrance, there is a 19th-century sash window with a central vertical glazing bar. A casement window with glazing bars is located in the north gable. The timber frame is exposed in the south gable, showcasing the principal beam, end rafted couple, and raking struts to the collar.

At the rear, there is a central doorway with a rectangular fanlight. Inside the attic, there are three bays with collars supporting the gambrel purlins and exposed upper rafters. A small plaque inscribed "SMUGGLERS COTTAGE. The smallest house in Sussex" is mounted on the entrance doorway. The cottage has group value with Tipsey Cottage.

Local climate

Smuggler's Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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