2, East Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
2, East Street
- WRENN ID
- former-ember-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, East Street, Lewes, BN7 2LJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 416 102
- Coordinates
- 50.87476, 0.01229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 East Street is a house dating from the early 19th century. It has a rendered exterior and features boxed eaves above a plain tiled roof, which includes a segment-headed dormer and a stack on the right side. The building stands three storeys tall, with an attic and a basement. The front has a single window that is shifted to the left, showcasing a 4-light casement window on the second floor. On the first floor, there is a canted oriel bay with a moulded cornice, and on the ground floor, a tripartite sash window. To the left of centre, there is a half-glazed door with a narrow transom-light above it, framed by a pilastered surround topped with a triangular pediment. There is also a recessed entrance at the extreme left, which has a half-glazed door behind it.
Local climate
2, East Street 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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