Gateway and Walls to Priory of St Pancras is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Gateway, walling.
Gateway and Walls to Priory of St Pancras
- WRENN ID
- far-newel-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- Gateway, walling
- Address
- Gateway and Walls to Priory of St Pancras, Southover High Street, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 412 096
- Coordinates
- 50.86921, 0.00656
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gateway and walls to the Priory of St Pancras date back to the 13th century and are now incorporated into a wall. They are constructed from stone with flint and stone walling, along with some repairs in red brick. The structure features a Z-plan arrangement, extending from a point near the northeast of the Church of St John Southover in three sections to the northwest corner of Priory Crescent.
The northwest section stands approximately 10 feet high and is 7 yards long, showcasing the remains of a dressed stone arch on the north side at both the eastern and western ends. A grotesque mask has been inserted into the wall to the right of the arch's remains. The central section is 5 yards long and includes a buttressing wall to the east.
The main gate, which was formerly the pedestrian entrance to the Priory, features a pointed arched gateway set within a short stretch of dressed stone wall to the southeast. It has a double-chamfered arch supported by double-ordered piers, although it was much eroded at the time of resurvey. A later 20th-century wrought-iron gateway with dograils and decorative cross-pieces has been added. This gateway was relocated and re-erected from its original position to the west of the Church.
Local climate
Gateway and Walls to Priory of St Pancras 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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