Walls of Old Naval Prison

Walls of Old Naval Prison, Lancaster Street

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1043758
Date first listed:: 29-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: Walls of Old Naval Prison
Statutory Address:: Walls of Old Naval Prison, Lancaster Street

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1043758
Date first listed:: 29-Oct-1985
List Entry Name:: Walls of Old Naval Prison
Statutory Address 1:: Walls of Old Naval Prison, Lancaster Street

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Walls of Old Naval Prison, Lancaster Street

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: East Sussex
District:: Lewes (District Authority)
Parish:: Lewes
National Park:: SOUTH DOWNS
National Grid Reference:: TQ 41576 10370

Details

TQ 4110 SE 10/290

LEWES LANCASTER STREET (south side) Walls of Old Naval Prison

GV II Walls to Old Naval Prison. 1793. Red brick in English bond with buttress at north west corner. L-plan wall about 5 yards long east-west with longer arm to south, all about 12-15 feet high. The prison had been built for civilian use but was taken over for use in the Crimean War; it was demolished in 1963 to make way for a road scheme, leaving only the walls mentioned above.

Listing NGR: TQ4157610370

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Legacy System number:: 293272
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.