The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. House.
The Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-moulding-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Rectory, Westmeston, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 339 137
- Coordinates
- 50.90743, -0.09617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Rectory is an L-shaped house built in the mid-19th century. It has two storeys and an attic, featuring three windows. The exterior is faced with knapped flints, complemented by stone dressings and quoins. The roof is made of slate. The windows are casement style and include stone dripstones. There are two gables on the south side, and a two-storeyed bay that contains windows with trefoil-headed lights. The west front features a bay on the ground floor and a porch.
Local climate
The Old Rectory receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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