Steamer Cottage the Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Building. 1 related planning application.
Steamer Cottage the Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- second-vault-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Building
- Address
- Steamer Cottage the Old Farmhouse, High Street, Alfriston, Wealden, BN26 5TB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 520 030
- Coordinates
- 50.80734, 0.15668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Steamer Cottage, also known as The Old Farmhouse, is a 15th-century building that has been restored and is now divided into two separate residences. The structure features a timber frame with close-studding and plaster infilling, while the ground floor has been rebuilt using flints and red brick. The south end of the first floor is tile-hung. The building has a tiled roof, with slates at the south end, and includes casement windows. It stands two storeys high and has three windows. There are reports that the interior may contain wall paintings.
Local climate
Steamer Cottage the Old Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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