Remains of Town Walls is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1970. Town walls.

Remains of Town Walls

WRENN ID
mired-storey-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1970
Type
Town walls
Address
Remains of Town Walls, Southover High Street, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 413 098
Coordinates
50.87102, 0.00777
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The remains of the town walls date from 1266 to 1269 and were altered and repaired after 1314. They are constructed of knapped flint with some red brick bonding. The walls support a raised pavement on the south side, which rises from the end of Keere Street to Paine's Twittern and continues along to the south end of St Martin's Lane on the north side of Southover Road. The wall is approximately 12 feet high on the north side of the raised pavement, situated between Keere Street and Paine's Twittern.

Local climate

Remains of Town Walls 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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