178, High 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.
178, High Street
- WRENN ID
- upper-chalk-dust
- 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
- 178, High Street, Lewes
- OS grid reference
- TQ 414 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87282, 0.00932
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 178 on High Street is a house that has been converted into a shop. It dates from the 18th century and was refronted in the mid-19th century. The exterior features plain and fish-scale tile hanging in bands, along with a moulded cornice at the parapet. The roof is a slate mansard style with end stacks and two flat-headed dormers. The building has three storeys, attics, and a basement. On the second floor, there are two segment-sash windows without glazing bars. The first floor has a central rectangular bay with a moulded cornice and a leaded roof, supported by brackets above the entrance. The shopfront, which dates from the mid to late 19th century, is wide and includes segment-arched shop windows and a segment-arched entrance with 20th-century glazed doors. There are also two basement windows located beneath the shop windows, each with decorative surrounds.
Local climate
178, High 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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