The Old Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. A C17 House. 9 related planning applications.

The Old Cottage

WRENN ID
plain-plinth-blackthorn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
House
Address
The Old Cottage, Main Street, Chalvington with Ripe, BN8 6BD
OS grid reference
TQ 509 100
Coordinates
50.87057, 0.14436
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Cottage is a 17th century or earlier timber-framed building. It originally had herring-bone brick nogging and was once painted, now covered by a hipped tiled roof. A gabled projection forms a porch in the centre of the building. The first floor of the porch is jettied and supported by elaborate carved brackets, with carved strips attached to the bressummer and side uprights. Further carved caryatid strips are located above and below the centre first floor window, on each side of the doorway, and carved shields are positioned above and below the window. The building features iron-studded double doors and modern casement windows. It is two storeys high and has three windows.

Local climate

The Old Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
  • Related listed building consents — 9 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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