The Old Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1979. A C19 Gaol, residential.
The Old Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- endless-wicket-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield MP: Mims Davies (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1979
- Type
- Gaol, residential
- Address
- The Old Lock Up, 90, High Street, East Grinstead
- OS grid reference
- TQ 397 379
- Coordinates
- 51.12391, -0.00417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Lock Up, built around 1830, was designed as a combined town gaol and residence for the Town Constable. The building features two parallel ranges and is constructed of red brick with some vitrified headers. It has two gables with stone coping and a tiled roof. On the first floor, there are two casement windows with cambered head linings. The ground floor includes one sash window with glazing bars and a cambered head lining, along with a diamond-shaped opening on the right side that has an iron grille, which was the entrance to the cell. The doorcase is simple, with a studded door and a modern weather hood supported by brackets. The building holds historical interest.
Local climate
The Old Lock Up receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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