Higham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A C18/Medieval Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Higham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- north-outpost-thyme
- 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
- Higham Cottage, Dixter Road, Northiam, TN31 6JT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 820 250
- Coordinates
- 50.99616, 0.59355
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higham Cottage is a medieval timber-framed building that was refronted in the 18th century with red brick on the ground floor and tile-hung above. It features a tiled roof and casement windows. The ground floor of the south-west half has been converted into a garage. The building has two storeys and three windows.
Local climate
Higham Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% 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 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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