Former Chancel of the Chapel of the Hospital of St James is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Chapel.
Former Chancel of the Chapel of the Hospital of St James
- WRENN ID
- rooted-mantel-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Chancel of the Chapel of the Hospital of St James, Southover High Street, Lewes, BN7 1JB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 413 097
- Coordinates
- 50.87004, 0.00679
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former chancel of the Chapel of the Hospital of St James, now the pottery shop of Lewes Priory School, dates from around 1350 and has been heavily restored, particularly in the 19th and 20th centuries. It features knapped squared flint on a chamfered stone plinth, with some stone and brick quoins and dressings. The roof is plain tiled, adorned with bargeboards and finials. There are two single-light windows with cusped ogee-heads set in rectangular chamfered openings. The west end is constructed of random and snecked dressed stone. The interior is completely clad. The Hospital of St James was established by the monks of Lewes Priory in the 14th century when the chapel of St John within the Priory Gate became too small for local needs, leading to the conversion of the hospitium into the future parish church of St John, Southover.
Local climate
Former Chancel of the Chapel of the Hospital of St James 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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