Pelham Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Pelham Cottages
- WRENN ID
- eternal-postern-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Pelham Cottages, 1 and 2, Mill Street, Falmer, Lewes, BN1 9PE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 352 090
- Coordinates
- 50.86494, -0.07975
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pelham Cottages, formerly known as Knight's Almshouses, were built in 1869 and are a single-storey structure featuring four windows. The exterior is faced with rough flints, accented by red brick dressings and quoins. The roof is tiled, and the windows are casement style with latticed panes. The end window bays project outwards and are adorned with scalloped bargeboards. In the center, there is a projecting porch with a similar gable that displays the Pelham cartouche. The other gables feature the date and the initials "MC".
Local climate
Pelham Cottages 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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