The Keys is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Keys
- WRENN ID
- frozen-tallow-vale
- 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
- The Keys, Gardner Street, Herstmonceux
- OS grid reference
- TQ 637 125
- Coordinates
- 50.8892, 0.32636
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Keys is an 18th-century cottage located on the south side of Gardner Street in Herstmonceux. This two-storey building features an attic and has three windows along its façade, complemented by two dormers. The exterior is constructed of painted brick and topped with a tiled roof. The glazing bars are intact, adding to its character. Access to the cottage is via a doorway that is reached by three steps, flanked by fluted pilasters. The doorway is topped with a pointed pediment that includes fan ornamentation in the tympanum, and the door itself consists of six fielded panels.
Local climate
The Keys 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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