Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1981. House. 1 related planning application.
Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-rubble-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory, Cuckmere Valley, Wealden, BN26 5QX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 527 029
- Coordinates
- 50.80634, 0.16698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rectory Cottage, also known as The Old Rectory, is a timber-framed building dating from the 17th century or earlier. In the 19th century, it was refaced using flints and an L-shaped wing was added to the west. The roof is tiled and half-hipped. It is two storeys high and has three casement windows.
Local climate
Rectory Cottage the Old Rectory 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- 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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