Churchyard Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1970. Former inn, house pair. 1 related planning application.

Churchyard Cottages

WRENN ID
western-pinnacle-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Sussex
Constituency
Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 April 1970
Type
Former inn, house pair
Address
Churchyard Cottages, 1 and 2, Church Street, Cuckfield, RH17 5JZ
OS grid reference
TQ 303 245
Coordinates
51.00516, -0.14286
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Churchyard Cottages comprise a C15 or C16 timber-framed building that was formerly an inn, refronted in the 19th century. The ground floor is red brick, while the first floor is tile hung, with alternating plain and curved courses at the lower level and alternating plain and pointed courses at the upper level. The roof is tiled, with a half-hip on the left-hand side. The cottages are two storeys and have attics, with three windows. They feature C19 casement windows. Number 1 has a C18 doorcase with a flat wooden hood and moulded architraves, leading to a 6-panelled door. Number 2 has a square brick porch with a hipped tiled roof. There is an off-centre brick stack to the left and a square brick stack to the right. A catslide roof extends to the rear, incorporating one gabled dormer and one modern flat dormer.

Local climate

Churchyard Cottages 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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