The Old Clergy House is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 October 1952. Historic house. 2 related planning applications.
The Old Clergy House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-eave-thunder
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 October 1952
- Type
- Historic house
- Address
- The Old Clergy House, the Tye, Alfriston, Wealden, BN26 5TL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 521 029
- Coordinates
- 50.80614, 0.15777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Clergy House is a 14th-century timber-framed Wealden house located in Alfriston. It holds group value as an early example of a National Trust property, being the first building and second property acquired by the Trust. The building is constructed with close-studded timber framing and plaster infilling. The ends of the house project forward. The first floor of the east projection has an oversailing design supported by brackets. Curved braces and brackets are visible at the eaves of the recessed central section. The roof is thatched. Windows are casement style with diamond-shaped panes, and one window takes the form of an oriel. A brick chimney breast is situated on the west wall. The interior features an open hall with an exposed crown-post. A stone tablet records that the house, formerly the Vicarage of Alfriston and having fallen into decay, was purchased and repaired by the National Trust in 1898.
Local climate
The Old Clergy House 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
- 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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