Southdown House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
Southdown House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-brick-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Southdown House, High Street, Alfriston, Wealden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 520 030
- Coordinates
- 50.80665, 0.15627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Southdown House, formerly known as Weavers Cottage, is an 18th-century building located on the west side of Alfriston High Street. It is two storeys high and features three windows. The exterior is constructed with grey headers and red brick dressings, along with quoins and a stringcourse. The building has a dentilled eaves cornice and a tiled roof. The doorway is adorned with pilasters, a flat hood supported by brackets, and a door that has six fielded panels.
Local climate
Southdown House receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% 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 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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 — 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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