Battle Abbey School is a Grade I listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1961. A 1857 School. 3 related planning applications.
Battle Abbey School
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rafter-russet
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1961
- Type
- School
- Address
- Battle Abbey School, High Street, TN33 0AD
- OS grid reference
- TQ 749 156
- Coordinates
- 50.91421, 0.4867
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Battle Abbey School is a mansion built in 1857 by the Webster family, designed by architect Henry Clutton. The building incorporates parts of the medieval Abbey, specifically the west wall of the cloisters and sections of the frater and the Abbot's lodgings, which date from the 13th and 14th centuries. These medieval elements are visible on the east side of the building.
On the ground floor, there are nine pointed arches in early Perpendicular style, with tracery that has been filled in, representing the west wall of the cloisters. At the south end, there is a taller medieval section. The rest of the structure is from 1857 and features three storeys with a modern attic. In total, there are thirteen windows and four dormers. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with part of the upper storeys rendered, and has a castellated parapet and a modern tiled roof. The casement windows and two stepped gables above the cloister arches contribute to its distinctive appearance. The west front is primarily from the 19th century.
Local climate
Battle Abbey School receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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