Preston Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. A Unknown Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Preston Cottage

WRENN ID
moated-rampart-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1981
Type
Cottage
Period
Unknown
Address
Preston Cottage, 74, High Street, Westham, BN24 5LP
OS grid reference
TQ 640 045
Coordinates
50.81743, 0.32748
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Preston Cottage is an early 19th-century building located on the south side of Westham High Street. It is two storeys tall and features two windows. The exterior is faced with cobbles, complemented by brick dressings and quoins, all of which are currently painted. The roof is tiled, and the windows have been replaced with modern versions.

Local climate

Preston Cottage receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 4 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 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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