Former Lewes Public Library is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 May 1970. Public library. 12 related planning applications.
Former Lewes Public Library
- WRENN ID
- slow-balcony-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 May 1970
- Type
- Public library
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Lewes Public Library, dating to around 1870, is a red brick building with a slate roof. The roof is steeply pitched and features pavilion-like gables at each end, topped with small cast-iron balustrades and weather-vane finials. A tall brick stack, incorporating stone detailing and projecting mouldings, rises from the centre of the ridge.
The front of the building has four windows, each with pointed arch surrounds and hood moulds above the casements, set within a horizontal band along the cill. A central stone porch with a flat-headed parapet, pierced with quatrefoil decoration, provides access. The central pointed archway of the porch has moulded imposts and panelled spandrels, leading to a hollow-chamfered arch over a double panelled door.
More on this building
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 12 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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