Tollgate Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. Toll-house.

Tollgate Cottage

WRENN ID
pale-clay-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Type
Toll-house
Address
Tollgate Cottage, Firle, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 462 081
Coordinates
50.85418, 0.07676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tollgate Cottage is a former toll-house dating from the early 19th century. It is a single-storey building with two windows, finished in stucco. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, and the windows are casement style. The cottage is included in the register for its sociological interest.

Local climate

Tollgate Cottage receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% 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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