Postboys is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A Late C17 Cottages.
Postboys
- WRENN ID
- plain-nave-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Postboys, the Street, Sedlescombe
- OS grid reference
- TQ 781 179
- Coordinates
- 50.93375, 0.53336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Postboys is a former row of three cottages, likely dating from the late 17th century. The building is two storeys tall with an attic and features six windows and one dormer. The exterior is made of painted brick, with part of the first floor plastered. It has a tiled roof and casement windows, along with two gabled porches.
Local climate
Postboys 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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