Rope Walk Cottage and the Croft is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. House. 2 related planning applications.

Rope Walk Cottage and the Croft

WRENN ID
lapsed-pilaster-elder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1981
Type
House
Address
Rope Walk Cottage and the Croft, Ropewalk, Alfriston, Wealden, BN26 5SU
OS grid reference
TQ 519 031
Coordinates
50.80824, 0.15522
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rope Walk Cottage and The Croft are an 18th-century building of two storeys and three windows. The ground floor is stuccoed, while the first floor is clad in tiles. The roof is tiled, and the original window glazing bars remain intact.

Local climate

Rope Walk Cottage and the Croft 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 — 10 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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