South Garden Wall of the Retreat and Tower Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A C18 Garden wall.
South Garden Wall of the Retreat and Tower Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dark-clay-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- South Garden Wall of the Retreat and Tower Cottage, High Street, Icklesham
- OS grid reference
- TQ 906 173
- Coordinates
- 50.92453, 0.71152
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The south garden wall of The Retreat and Tower Cottage dates from the 18th century or earlier and is constructed of stone rubble.
Local climate
South Garden Wall of the Retreat and Tower Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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