161 and 162, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. House pair. 5 related planning applications.
161 and 162, High Street
- WRENN ID
- seventh-lime-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- House pair
- Address
- 161 and 162, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 413 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87234, 0.00762
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 161 and 162 on High Street are a pair of houses that have been converted into shops. They date from the late 17th century and were refronted in the 18th century, with further alterations made in the mid-19th century to the left side. The buildings are finished in stucco, featuring a rusticated ground floor and quoins on the left side. The left side has a coped parapet, while the right side has a bracketed cornice above a plain tiled roof, which includes two large stacks at the rear. The buildings rise three storeys; the left side has a single window front with sashes that have segment heads in splayed bays on the first and second floors, and a bipartite sash on the ground floor. The right side has a two-window front on all floors, with margin light sashes. There is a half-glazed door under a transom light to the left of centre, and a wide single shopfront on the ground floor to the right, which includes a glazed door to the left.
Local climate
161 and 162, High Street 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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