1 and 1a, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. Commercial. 4 related planning applications.

1 and 1a, High Street

WRENN ID
shadowed-sill-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rother
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Commercial
Address
1 and 1a, High Street, Rye, TN31 7JE
OS grid reference
TQ 922 204
Coordinates
50.9518, 0.73518
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

1 and 1A High Street is a building that dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It stands three storeys tall and features five windows. The exterior is finished in yellow brick or mathematical tiles, complemented by rusticated stone quoins. The eaves cornice and entablature include an architrave with brackets that support the roof. The upper storey windows have moulded stone sills that are supported by moulded brackets, and there is a moulded string course at the sill height. The middle storey windows are adorned with shouldered stone architraves, with the central window featuring a pediment.

The building has 19th-century sash windows that retain their original glazing bars. A stone moulded cornice at the ground floor extends over the protruding side rusticated quoins. A balcony above the central doorway is enclosed by a stone balustrade. The protruding doorway is framed by a rusticated stone arch and has a flat hood supported by three heavy stone brackets, which forms the balcony floor. The panelled door includes a semi-circular fanlight and some decorative ironwork. On either side of the main entrance, there are 19th-century double shop fronts with pilasters.

Additionally, there is a wing on the northeast side that was originally a separate building. This wing is from the 18th century, stands two storeys tall, and has two windows. It features a tiled roof, with weatherboarding on the upper storey and painted brick on the lower storey. The upper floor has sash windows, with the northern window retaining its original glazing bars. The ground floor has modern display windows and entrance doors. No 1A is part of the same building as the main block of No 1, and its doorway features an entablature with a cornice and moulded architrave.

Nos 1 to 4 form a group.

Local climate

1 and 1a, High Street sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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