The Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. Rectory.
The Rectory
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-copper-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1981
- Type
- Rectory
- Address
- The Rectory, the Street, Cuckmere Valley, Wealden
- OS grid reference
- TQ 523 018
- Coordinates
- 50.79602, 0.16069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rectory is an 18th-century building located on the east side of The Street in Litlington. It is two storeys high with an attic and features three windows and two dormers. The exterior is faced with flints, accented by red brick dressings and a modillion eaves cornice. Stone quoins add to its architectural detail. The hipped tiled roof has a pentice on the south side. The glazing bars are intact, and there are two small bays on the ground floor. The entrance has a doorway with a flat hood supported by heavy solid brackets.
Local climate
The Rectory 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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