159 and 160, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1970. House pair/shop pair. 1 related planning application.
159 and 160, High Street
- WRENN ID
- eastward-kitchen-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1970
- Type
- House pair/shop pair
- Address
- 159 and 160, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 413 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87231, 0.00751
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 159 and 160 on High Street are a pair of houses that have been converted into shops. They date back to the 17th century but feature an early 19th-century front. The exterior is covered in painted mathematical tiles and has a moulded wooden cornice above a plain tiled roof, which includes a central stack located behind the ridge and two hipped dormers. The building has three storeys and attics, with a two-window front. The first and second floors have tripartite sashes set in shallow segmental bows. To the left, there is a half-glazed door, while the shopfronts include a double shopfront with an inset door to the left of centre and a single shopfront to the right, which also has a half-glazed door.
Local climate
159 and 160, 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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