The Crescent is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Cottages.
The Crescent
- WRENN ID
- tall-stair-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- The Crescent, 34-38, the Street, Firle, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 469 073
- Coordinates
- 50.84658, 0.08542
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crescent is a block of cottages dating from around 1830, located on The Street in Firle. The building features a concave curve to the front and consists of two storeys with seven windows. The front is finished with painted brick, while the rear is tile-hung. It has a half-hipped slate roof, and the glazing bars are intact.
Local climate
The Crescent 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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