The Cottages to the North of Friston Place is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1966. Cottages.
The Cottages to the North of Friston Place
- WRENN ID
- knotted-spandrel-winter
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1966
- Type
- Cottages
- OS grid reference
- TV 548 988
- Coordinates
- 50.76884, 0.1945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottages to the north of Friston Place, originally built as stables, are likely the work of Thomas Selwyn, who died in 1613, or his grandson, Frederick Selwyn, who died in 1664. The building features datestones with the dates 1613 and 1634 and the initials T. S. and F. S., which were removed from this structure in 1896. It is two storeys tall with an attic in the gable end and has five windows. The exterior is faced with flints and has stone quoins, topped with a tiled roof. The windows are casement style with stone mullions, and there are three stone doorways—two with elliptical heads and one with a pointed head.
Local climate
The Cottages to the North of Friston Place 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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