Bowling Green Pavilion is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Pavilion.

Bowling Green Pavilion

WRENN ID
little-glass-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1985
Type
Pavilion
Address
Bowling Green Pavilion, Castle Precincts, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 413 101
Coordinates
50.87341, 0.00814
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bowling Green Pavilion is a late 18th-century structure located within the precincts of Lewes Castle. It features a timber frame with timber cladding set on a red brick plinth and is topped with a slate monopitch roof. The east front showcases three segmental arches that support a full entablature resting on slim pilasters, with paired doors positioned in the center. A cill band runs across the front, complemented by panelling below. The rear of the pavilion is weatherboarded. This bowling green is part of the bailey of Lewes Castle and is one of the oldest in England, having been in use since around 1700.

Local climate

Bowling Green Pavilion 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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