49 and 50, Polecat is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. A C18 Building. 3 related planning applications.
49 and 50, Polecat
- WRENN ID
- roaming-turret-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 49 and 50, Polecat, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6LQ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 466 076
- Coordinates
- 50.84972, 0.08157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century property comprising two storeys and four windows. It is constructed with a flint facade featuring red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is hipped and tiled. Number 49 has horizontally-sliding sash windows, while number 50 has casement windows.
Local climate
49 and 50, Polecat 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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