Pelham Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. House, hotel. 3 related planning applications.
Pelham Arms Hotel
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-alcove-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- House, hotel
- Address
- Pelham Arms Hotel, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 409 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87239, 0.00254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Pelham Arms Hotel is a house that has been converted into a hotel. It dates from the 18th century and was altered in the 19th century. The building is constructed of painted brick and features a plain tiled roof that is hipped to the left. The ridge of the left-hand rear wing is visible at the left end of the main ridge. The hotel has two storeys with an irregular arrangement of windows; there are five glazing bar sashes with exterior shutters on the first floor and three tripartite sashes on the ground floor. The doorway is located to the left of the centre and is framed by Doric columns and a hood with an entablature.
Local climate
Pelham Arms Hotel 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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