Wall to South East of Caprons is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. A C18 Wall.

Wall to South East of Caprons

WRENN ID
quiet-buttress-tide
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1985
Type
Wall
Address
Wall to South East of Caprons, Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1TP
OS grid reference
TQ 413 098
Coordinates
50.87094, 0.00746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The wall to the southeast of Caprons is an 18th-century structure made of flint with brick bands and quoins. It features a red brick segment-headed projecting archway on the left, topped with double stone coping. The wall measures approximately 25 yards in length and connects to the Town Wall, which angles across to Southover Road from Keere Street, reaching the southeast corner of Caprons. The height of the wall varies between 6 and 12 feet.

Local climate

Wall to South East of Caprons receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% 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, 8 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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