14 and 16, Sun Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
14 and 16, Sun Street
- WRENN ID
- hushed-tower-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 14 and 16, Sun Street, Lewes, BN7 2DL
- OS grid reference
- TQ 415 103
- Coordinates
- 50.8754, 0.00999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early to mid-19th century cottage pair, located in Sun Street, Lewes. The building is constructed of grey brick with headers, and features red brick quoins and dressings. A diaper pattern is present between the first floor windows. The roof is slate, with end ridge stacks and two small, flat-roofed dormers. The cottages are two storeys high, with an attic, and have two-window frontages. The windows have glazing bar sashes set within segment-headed red brick surrounds. A central round-arched doorway has panelled doors, flanked by another slightly lower round-arched doorway with a boarded door leading to a yard at the rear. The building is included on the listing for its group value.
Local climate
14 and 16, Sun 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 — 10 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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