The Pigeon House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Pigeon House
- WRENN ID
- north-spindle-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Pigeon House, 51b, Southover Street, Lewes, BN7 1JR
- OS grid reference
- TQ 410 096
- Coordinates
- 50.86902, 0.00369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House, originally fronting Potter’s Lane in Lewes, now situated on the north side of Southover Street. It dates to the late 16th or early 17th century and was restored in the 20th century. The house is timber-framed, with a ground floor built of flint and brick, and a first floor of close-studded timber with mid-rails across the centre and below the eaves, which act as cill and lintel bands. The roof is covered in plain tiles and incorporates a stack behind the ridge. A gabled dormer window is located to the left of centre. The building has two storeys, with a jetty projecting over the ground floor, supported by curved brackets. It has two window openings on the first floor and three on the ground floor, with lattice casement windows; a door is positioned to the left of centre.
Local climate
The Pigeon House 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 — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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