The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. House.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- fallen-chamber-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, 32, High Street, Ditchling, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 153
- Coordinates
- 50.92206, -0.11466
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is an 18th-century building located on the east side of Ditchling High Street. It is two storeys tall and features three windows. The exterior is constructed of red brick and has a wooden cornice with dentils at the eaves. The roof is tiled, and the glazing bars are intact. The doorway is adorned with pilasters, a projecting cornice, and a door with six fielded panels. There is a modern shop front to the north of the building, which is no longer in use.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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