The Bells Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 December 1982. House.

The Bells Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 December 1982
Type
House
Address
The Bells Cottage, High Street, Buxted
OS grid reference
TQ 504 235
Coordinates
50.99191, 0.1418
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bells Cottage is a 16th-century building that has been altered over time. It stands two storeys high and features four windows. The ground floor is constructed of stone, which has been painted, while the upper part is faced with weather-boarding. The cottage has a steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof and is fitted with casement windows.

Local climate

The Bells Cottage receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% 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 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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