Ye Olde Smugglers Inn is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Inn. 1 related planning application.

Ye Olde Smugglers Inn

WRENN ID
muted-obsidian-stoat
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 October 1952
Type
Inn
Address
Ye Olde Smugglers Inn, Market Square, Alfriston, Wealden, BN26 5UE
OS grid reference
TQ 520 031
Coordinates
50.8082, 0.15629
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ye Olde Smugglers Inn is an L-shaped building that dates from the 17th century or earlier. The ground floor features painted brick or weather-boarding, while the upper part is tile-hung and also painted. It has a half-hipped tiled roof, and the glazing bars are intact. The entrance includes a doorway with a flat hood supported by brackets. This building is noted for containing six staircases and was reportedly the headquarters of a smuggling gang in the early 19th century.

Local climate

Ye Olde Smugglers Inn 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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