Tuckvar is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. Residential. 4 related planning applications.

Tuckvar

WRENN ID
shadowed-footing-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 August 1966
Type
Residential
Address
Tuckvar, West Street, Alfriston, Polegate, Wealden, BN26 5UX
OS grid reference
TQ 519 032
Coordinates
50.80866, 0.15581
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tuckvar is a building dating from around 1790, located on the west side of West Street in Alfriston. It is two storeys high with an attic and features three windows and three dormers. The exterior is faced with buff mathematical tiles and has a wooden eaves cornice with imitation machicolation. The roof is slate. The first floor retains its glazing bars, while the ground floor has two large bays. A porch, situated between the bays, is supported by Doric columns and features a pediment. The porch contains a round-headed doorway with a semi-circular fanlight and a door made up of six fielded panels.

Local climate

Tuckvar 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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