Higham House and Higham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Higham House and Higham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- other-stair-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Higham House and Higham Cottage, Gardner Street, Herstmonceux, BN27 4SX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 637 125
- Coordinates
- 50.88907, 0.32709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higham House and Higham Cottage are a single building dating to the 18th century. The structure is two storeys high and originally featured five windows. It is constructed of painted brick, with a brick eaves cornice and a tiled roof. Higham House section has casement windows, while Higham Cottage section has sash windows retaining their original glazing bars.
Local climate
Higham House and Higham Cottage receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 11 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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