The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
twelfth-screen-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
The Cottage, the Street, Firle, Lewes, BN8 6NS
OS grid reference
TQ 468 073
Coordinates
50.84709, 0.08524
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is an 18th-century cottage, originally with a four-window front and two storeys. It is stuccoed and has a tiled roof. The original windows retain their glazing bars. In the 19th century, a single-window bay with a gable was added to the south-east end.

Local climate

The 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

See all similar buildings →

this building   1 similar   nearby listed buildings

Nearby listed buildings

  1. The Ram Inn Grade II 35 m
  2. 32 and 33, The Street Grade II 42 m
  3. 29 and 29a, The Street Grade II 49 m
  4. Premises of Peter Robinson (Builders) Grade II 56 m
  5. Black Tile House Grade II 58 m
  6. The Crescent Grade II 59 m
  7. 30 and 31, The Street Grade II 73 m
  8. 23 and 24, The Street Grade II 95 m
  9. The Stables of Old Vicarage Grade II 105 m
  10. 22, The Street Grade II 106 m