Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1952. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Church Cottages
- WRENN ID
- veiled-groin-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1952
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Church Cottages, 1 and 2, Piddinghoe, Lewes, BN9 9AP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 434 030
- Coordinates
- 50.80928, 0.03522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Cottages, dated to the 18th century, likely has a timber-frame structure. The building is two storeys with an attic and features three windows and two dormers. The front elevation is characterized by knapped flint facing on a stuccoed base, incorporating long and short quoins, a string course, and window surrounds made of red brick. It has a tiled roof, with intact glazing bars in the windows. A later porch, distinguished by twisted wooden columns, has been added. The rear elevation includes a tall gabled projection, which likely houses the original staircase.
Local climate
Church Cottages 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 — 2 transactions since 2009
- 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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