16 George Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. Office. 3 related planning applications.
16 George Street
- WRENN ID
- calm-corridor-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1981
- Type
- Office
- Address
- 16 George Street, Downford House, Hailsham, BN27 1AE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 590 094
- Coordinates
- 50.86227, 0.25871
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
16 George Street, also known as Downford House, is an early 19th-century building of two storeys and three windows. The facade is stuccoed, and the roof is hipped and covered in slate. Original sash windows with intact glazing bars are present. A modern porch has been added. The building is part of the Wealden Council Offices. It was originally listed as number 18.
Local climate
16 George Street 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 — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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