51 and 52, High Street is a Grade II listed building in the South Downs National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1984. House pair. 3 related planning applications.
51 and 52, High Street
- WRENN ID
- guardian-moat-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Downs National Park
- Constituency
- Lewes MP: James MacCleary (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1984
- Type
- House pair
- Address
- 51 and 52, High Street, Lewes, BN7 1XE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 415 100
- Coordinates
- 50.87294, 0.0104
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises a pair of houses, now used as shops, dating back to the 16th century, but substantially refaced in the 18th century. It is timber-framed and clad with black-glazed mathematical tiles, topped by a modillion eaves cornice and a plain tiled roof with end chimney stacks on the left. The building is three storeys high with a two-window front. Early 19th-century canted bay windows are present on the second floor, featuring glazing bar sashes. Later 19th-century plate glass windows with shallow elliptical-arched heads and slim colonnettes are on the first floor. An early 20th-century shopfront occupies the ground floor, featuring an inset glazed door and a deep fascia board.
Local climate
51 and 52, 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 17 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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