Remains of the Curtain Wall of Lewes Castle in the Garden of Castlegate House is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Castle wall. 2 related planning applications.
Remains of the Curtain Wall of Lewes Castle in the Garden of Castlegate House
- WRENN ID
- night-baluster-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- Castle wall
- Address
- Remains of the Curtain Wall of Lewes Castle in the Garden of Castlegate House, Castle Gate, BN7 1YT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 414 101
- Coordinates
- 50.87318, 0.00912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the curtain wall of Lewes Castle are located in the garden of Castlegate House. This structure dates back to the 12th century and is primarily built of flint, with some stone infill and red brick reinforcement and buttressing in the lower half. The wall measures approximately 14 yards long and stands 20 feet high, with a sharp drop at both ends.
Local climate
Remains of the Curtain Wall of Lewes Castle in the Garden of Castlegate 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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