Step Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

Step Cottages

WRENN ID
hidden-remnant-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
Step Cottages, Nos 1 and 2 Step Cottages, Glynde, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 456 090
Coordinates
50.8629, 0.06837
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Step Cottages, dated 1782, are a pair of two-storey buildings. They are constructed of red brick with alternating grey headers and feature a slate roof. The first floor has casement windows, while the ground floor has sash windows with intact glazing bars. A stone panel displays the initials T/JF and the date 1782.

Local climate

Step Cottages receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% 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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