The Old Paint Shop House, House Attached to the South and Tye Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. A Georgian House.
The Old Paint Shop House, House Attached to the South and Tye Cottage
- WRENN ID
- worn-casement-spring
- 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
- Period
- Georgian
- OS grid reference
- TQ 520 030
- Coordinates
- 50.80716, 0.15691
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Paint Shop is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Alfriston High Street, attached to the south of Tye Cottage. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring four windows and two dormers. The exterior is made of painted brick and includes a string course and a modillion eaves cornice. The roof is hipped and tiled, with intact glazing bars. The Old Paint Shop also has a 19th-century shop window with glazing bars. At the rear, there is a long low wing that is faced with flints and weather-boarding.
Local climate
The Old Paint Shop House, House Attached to the South and Tye Cottage 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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