Star Brewery Gallery is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Brewery, store. 1 related planning application.
Star Brewery Gallery
- WRENN ID
- gilded-barrel-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Brewery, store
- Address
- Star Brewery Gallery, Castle Ditch Lane, Lewes, BN7 1YJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 414 101
- Coordinates
- 50.87385, 0.00972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Star Brewery Gallery, originally known as Beard's Brewery, is a brewery building that has been converted into a store. It dates from the late 18th century and underwent alterations in the 19th century. The structure features a mix of materials, including some rubble stone, flint, and brick, although it is predominantly brick, most of which is now painted. The roof is a plain tiled half-hipped design.
On the right side, there are three gabled dormers that are almost evenly spaced across the roof. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic. The fenestration is irregular, with two windows on the first floor to the right and three windows on the ground floor to the left. There is a tall doorway on the left that reaches up to the eaves, featuring a boarded door and a transom light.
The left side is constructed of painted brick, with red brick used in the cross-wing above the eaves level of the main range to the right. The roofs are plain tiled, with a taller cross-gabled block to the right and a weather-boarded louvred housing on the ridge. There are two small stacks to the left. This section also has two storeys with a garret under the gable to the right, which includes a large window in the garret above. The fenestration is again irregular, with two windows on the first floor to the left and one on the ground floor. There are doorways on both the left and right of the centre.
Inside, there is a very large vaulted cellar to the north. The southern part of the building contains various pieces of brewery machinery of indeterminate date, including fermentation vats, a malting vat, and direct line-shafting for a steam engine, although the latter was removed at the time of the re-survey.
Local climate
Star Brewery Gallery 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
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