Wrens Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Wrens Cottage

WRENN ID
tenth-hammer-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 May 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Wrens Cottage, Bodiam Road, Ewhurst, TN32 5RN
OS grid reference
TQ 782 229
Coordinates
50.97809, 0.53746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wrens Cottage is a building from the 18th century or earlier, located on Bodiam Road in Staplecross. It is two storeys high and features one window. The cottage is faced with weather-boarding, while the first floor at the east end is made of red brick, which includes a brick chimney breast. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles, and the windows are casement style.

Local climate

Wrens Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% 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 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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