Round Tower in Priory Grounds is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. Tower.

Round Tower in Priory Grounds

WRENN ID
woven-spindle-crow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Downs National Park
Constituency
Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 October 1985
Type
Tower
Address
Round Tower in Priory Grounds, Cockshut Road, Lewes
OS grid reference
TQ 413 095
Coordinates
50.86797, 0.00674
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Round Tower in the Priory Grounds is a 19th-century structure, possibly associated with a railway underpass. It is built of flint with stone dressings, featuring some coursing of stone, especially at the plinth level. The tower has a crenellated parapet and a doorway on the southeast side that has a boarded door. Several windows are blocked with brick.

Local climate

Round Tower in Priory Grounds 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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