Wall Surrounding Malling House East, South, West and Part of North Sides, Including Gazebo Attached at South West Corner and Gateways to East and West is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. Wall.
Wall Surrounding Malling House East, South, West and Part of North Sides, Including Gazebo Attached at South West Corner and Gateways to East and West
- WRENN ID
- proud-parapet-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall Surrounding Malling House East, South, West and Part of North Sides, Including Gazebo Attached at South West Corner and Gateways to East and West, Church Lane, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 416 110
- Coordinates
- 50.88161, 0.01187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall surrounding Malling House on the east, south, west, and part of the north sides is likely from the 18th century. It is primarily made of brick with some stone dressings, especially in the gazebo located at the south-west corner. There are two gateways on the east side, each featuring low rusticated piers topped with half globes, and flanked by volute brackets, except for the northernmost gate pier. At the western end of the wall on the north side, there is a larger volute bracket that connects the 18th-century wall to a 20th-century wall, which is not of special interest. The low wall on the north and east sides is about four feet high. The buttressed south wall extends around to the south-west for approximately 100 yards, supporting the garden to the south of Malling House.
The gazebo at the western end of this wall is also from the 18th century, constructed of red brick with stone dressings, featuring a red brick parapet and a plain tiled roof. It is a single storey with a central portico in antis, supported by two central Tuscan columns and two outer columns, topped with a pediment set into the parapet. There is one window on the left side of the gazebo. Inside, the rear is panelled to match the intercolumniation of the portico, and there is a gauged red brick niche to the right. The wall continues to the north of the gazebo for about 100 yards, standing approximately 12 feet high, made of red and blue brick, with two red brick gate piers featuring cornices and half-globe capping towards the north end, which are now partially filled in.
Local climate
Wall Surrounding Malling House East, South, West and Part of North Sides, Including Gazebo Attached at South West Corner and Gateways to East and 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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