No 203 and Railings to South is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1970. House. 5 related planning applications.
No 203 and Railings to South
- WRENN ID
- grim-sill-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- No 203 and Railings to South, High Street, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 416 101
- Coordinates
- 50.87376, 0.01222
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 203 is a house located on the north side of High Street in Lewes, dating from the early to mid-18th century, with a date of 1735 noted on the rainwater head. The building is constructed of red and brown brick and features a coped parapet above a slated roof that is hipped and has two segment-headed dormers. It has two storeys, an attic, and a basement, with a five-window front that includes sashes without glazing bars set in wide moulded frames. The central entrance is framed by a later 18th-century columned surround, featuring individual Corinthian columns with entablature blocks that support an open segmental pediment. The entrance is arched, with panelled reveals and a panelled door accessed by seven steps with an overlight above. There is a moulded iron bootscraper on the lowest step. The basement has segment-headed windows. On either side of the front door, there is an area enclosed by spearhead railings and vasehead standards. Inside, the board room features mid-18th-century fielded panelling, a dado rail, and a later 18th-century fire-surround. The house also has an early 18th-century two-flight staircase.
Local climate
No 203 and Railings to South 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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