39 and 40, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. House, shop. 6 related planning applications.
39 and 40, High Street
- WRENN ID
- last-pillar-laurel
- 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, shop
- Address
- 39 and 40, High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LU
- OS grid reference
- TQ 416 101
- Coordinates
- 50.8733, 0.01123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house pair, which was rebuilt in 1873 and is now used as a single shop. The building is stuccoed with a slate roof and has three storeys, presenting a four-window front. It features glazing bar sash windows; those on the first floor have decorative pediments supported by console brackets. A wide, late 19th-century shop front occupies the ground floor, complete with ornamental cresting. A glazed door is inset into the centre of the front, and another glazed door is inset to the left.
Local climate
39 and 40, 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 — 5 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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