Preston House Sydney House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. House. 5 related planning applications.
Preston House Sydney House
- WRENN ID
- proud-thatch-khaki
- 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
- Address
- Preston House Sydney House, 199, High Street, Lewes, BN7 2NS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 416 101
- Coordinates
- 50.87366, 0.01186
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Preston House and Sydney House are a pair of houses, now functioning as a shop and tea-room, dating from the late 18th century. The buildings feature mathematically-tiled facades with wooden block quoins and a cornice decorated with modillions, all beneath a slate hipped low-pitched roof that has end brick stacks. On the left side, there is one flat-headed dormer. The structure rises three storeys with an attic and a basement, presenting a regular front of four windows. The inner pair of windows are sash style, while the outer windows are tripartite sashes set in wide segmental bows. The central entrance consists of paired panelled doors topped by transom lights, set within a double entrance that has panelled reveals and is adorned with a wide segmental pediment featuring fan decoration on brackets above.
Local climate
Preston House Sydney House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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