School Hill House

TQ 4110 SE LEWES HIGH STREET 10/143 (south side)

25.2.52 No 55 (School Hill House)

GV II*

House, now offices and surgery. Early-mid C18 front to possibly late C17 core. Grey headers with red brick quoins, dressings and moulded cornice bands over all floors. Cornice and panelled parapet hiding roof with various stacks. 3 storeys; regular 5 window front, glazing bar cashes on all floors, all with rendered triple keystones. Cut brick gauged heads to first floor windows, plain gauged heads above. Doorway in place of second window from right. Eared architrave surround with triangular pediment over; panelled door with transom- light over. West front of red brick with grey headers with tall round-arched stair-window. Garden-front of mathematical-tiles covered with render. Interior: Hall: mid-C18 fielded panelling with early C18 moulded raised and fielded panelling over, large eared fire-surround with reverse bolection moulding to rectangular central panel and moulded cornice-mantel. Ground-floor rooms to School Hill: Raised and fielded early C18 panelling. Eared egg and dart decorated fire-surround with marble staff-moulded inset and variant Greek key frieze to cornice, very similar to fire-surround in No 103, High Street. 2-flight return stair with columns balusters without square knops, 3 per tread, stepped. Corniced tread-ends and carved cheek-pieces, Corinthian newels. Ramped dado panelling and unramped flattish rail with ridge. First-floor rooms now much altered but to rooms to School Hill have early C18 raised and fielded panelling and other rooms have early C19 panelling. Ground floor room to rear has C18 inlaid marble flushwork fire-surround with pseudo-fluted pilasters. Back stairs with early C18 spiral balusters from first floor up.

Listing NGR: TQ4164810133