Newcastle House

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TQ 4110 SW & TQ 4110 SE LEWES HIGH STREET (north side) 9/242 & 10/242 Newcastle House

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TQ 4110 SW & TQ 4110 SE LEWES HIGH STREET (north side)

9/242 & lO/242 Newcastle House 25.2.52

TQ 4110 SW & TQ 4110 SE LEWES HIGH STREET 9/242 & 10/242 (north side)

Newcastle House

GV II

House, now extension of the Law Courts. 1928 by Sir Reginald Blomfield, broadly following the lines of the previous Newcastle House, built in 1717 for Benjamin Court. Portland stone with Portland stone plinth, band, quoins and dressings. Modillioned eaves cornice to plain tiled roof. Main block with narrow extensions, one recessed to right and wider one recessed to left. 2 storeys and attics with tall modillioned pediment in centre of main block on shallow central projection with rusticated quoins. Sundial marked 'CARPE DIEM' in centre of pediment. 5 traingular pedimented dormers, one each side of pediment, with one on wing to left and two to right. Two large stone ridge stacks. 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 1 windows, the central 7 projecting forward, its roof appearing as hipped against the slightly recessed roofs of the wings. Tall glazing bar sashes with gauged stone heads and raised keystones. Tall entrance in centre of central block with moulded surround and projecting keystone, topped by broken segmental pediment with scutcheon in break. Interior:some original features, including the principal panelled room and most of the main staircase, were reinstated.

W.H. Godfrey, Newcastle House, Sussex Archaeological Society, c.1930.

Listing NGR: TQ4148010099