Charity Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. House.

Charity Cottages

WRENN ID
heavy-window-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1982
Type
House
Address
Charity Cottages, 1 and 2, Fletching Street, Mayfield and Five Ashes
OS grid reference
TQ 589 270
Coordinates
51.02077, 0.26441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Charity Cottages, located on the north side of Fletching Street in Mayfield, is an early 17th century timber-framed building. It features red brick infilling on a stone base, although much of the ground floor has been refaced with red brick, while the upper part is finished with tile-hanging or weatherboarding. The building has a gable at the south end and a tiled roof. It consists of two storeys and an attic within the gable, and includes three casement windows.

Local climate

Charity Cottages receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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