Curtains is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Curtains
- WRENN ID
- leaning-oriel-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Curtains, the Street, Albourne, BN6 9DJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 264 165
- Coordinates
- 50.93453, -0.20175
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a T-shaped cottage located on the east side of The Street in Albourne. The west wing likely dates to the 17th century, the south wing to the 18th century, and the north wing is modern. The cottage is stuccoed, with a portion of the ground floor weather-boarded. It has a slate roof and casement windows.
Local climate
Curtains 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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