2 Priory Crescent and railings to west is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. House. 1 related planning application.
2 Priory Crescent and railings to west
- WRENN ID
- rooted-cobalt-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2 Priory Crescent and railings to west, Lewes, BN7 1HP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 413 096
- Coordinates
- 50.86935, 0.00752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 Priory Crescent is a house built around 1835 to 1845, possibly designed by George Harman. It is constructed of yellow brick and features stuccoed bands over the ground and first floors, a parapet, and quoins. The building has three storeys and a basement, with a two-window front that includes glazing bar sashes set in stuccoed surrounds. On the ground floor, there is a wider glazing bar sash that is slightly off-line to the right. The entrance has a rusticated round-arched surround leading to a recessed doorway on the left. There are spearhead railings around the area to the right and flanking the steps that lead up to the front door.
Local climate
2 Priory Crescent and railings to west 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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