Holy Cross Priory is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 December 1973. Mansion. 4 related planning applications.
Holy Cross Priory
- WRENN ID
- lunar-threshold-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wealden
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 December 1973
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- Holy Cross Priory, Heathfield and Waldron, TN21 0TR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 545 214
- Coordinates
- 50.97145, 0.19964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holy Cross Priory is a large U-shaped mansion built in the Tudor Gothic style, designed by Matthew Digby Wyatt and constructed between 1865 and 1870. The building is made of red brick with stone dressings and features a slate roof with brick chimney stacks. The entrance front showcases a varied arrangement of gables, roofs, and chimneys. The hall is located in the recessed center and is topped by a lantern, with a two-storeyed porch on the left and a large canted bay window with mullions and transoms on the right. The projecting wings include gables, mullioned windows, and turrets. The garden front consists of two storeys and a basement, featuring a central gable, a two-storeyed canted bay window on the left, and an octagonal turret on the right. There is also a further gable with a three-storeyed canted bay window adjacent to it. Inside, there are elaborate carved staircases and fireplaces, along with some modern additions.
Local climate
Holy Cross Priory receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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