Rakeshaven Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. Cottage.

Rakeshaven Thatched Cottage

WRENN ID
peeling-passage-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1981
Type
Cottage
Address
Rakeshaven Thatched Cottage, the Street, Cuckmere Valley, Wealden, BN26 5RB
OS grid reference
TQ 523 016
Coordinates
50.79424, 0.15963
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rakeshaven Thatched Cottage is an 18th-century building located on the east side of The Street in Litlington. It is two storeys high and features four windows. The exterior is faced with flints, complemented by red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is modern and hipped, covered with tiles, and the windows are casement style.

Local climate

Rakeshaven Thatched 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.

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