Upper Mill is a Grade II* listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1965. Mill house.
Upper Mill
- WRENN ID
- spare-stone-cobweb
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1965
- Type
- Mill house
- Address
- Upper Mill, Plumpton Lane, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 362 147
- Coordinates
- 50.91609, -0.06248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Mill, formerly known as Mill Hollow, is a former mill-house located on Plumpton Lane. The south portion of the building dates from the 17th century or earlier and features a timber frame with plaster infilling, while the ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick. The north portion was either added or refaced in red brick during the 18th century. The building has a tiled roof and casement windows throughout. It stands two storeys high and has five windows.
Local climate
Upper Mill receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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