April Cottage the Smockery is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. House. 6 related planning applications.

April Cottage the Smockery

WRENN ID
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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
April Cottage the Smockery, West Street, Mayfield and Five Ashes, TN20 6BA
OS grid reference
TQ 585 269
Coordinates
51.01985, 0.25863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

April Cottage and The Smockery is a two-storey building dating from the early 17th century. It has four windows. The ground floor is painted brick, above which the front is faced with weather-boarding. The roof is tiled and there are casement windows. A modern shop front has been installed.

Local climate

April Cottage the Smockery 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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