12-14 and 16 Lansdown Place

12-14 and 16, Lansdown Place, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2JT

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A pair of houses mid to late C18.
Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1043759
Date first listed:
30-Jun-1988
List Entry Name:
12-14 and 16 Lansdown Place
Statutory Address:
12-14 and 16, Lansdown Place, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2JT
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1043759
Date first listed:
30-Jun-1988
Date of most recent amendment:
04-Mar-2010
List Entry Name:
12-14 and 16 Lansdown Place
Statutory Address 1:
12-14 and 16, Lansdown Place, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2JT

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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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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
12-14 and 16, Lansdown Place, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 2JT

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 41682 09988

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 11 February 2025 to update the Name and address and reformat the text to current standards

518/15/292

LEWES,
LANSDOWN PLACE (north side),
No 12-14 and 16

(Formerly listed as 12 AND 16, previously listed as LANSDOWN PLACE14-16; previously listed as: LANSDOWN PLACE 16)

30-JUN-88

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II

A pair of houses mid to late C18

Exterior: House pair, plastered on plastered plinth with plain tiled roof. End stack to left with two stacks behind ridge. Three flat-headed dormers, that to left with sliding sash windows, the two in the centre and to right C20 with metal casements. Two storeys and attics, six front windows, with five glazing bar sashes arranged regularly about the right-hand door. Entrance to no. 12-14 to right with Doric columns in antis to recessed door, half-glazed, with half-glazed wooden side panels. Door to no. 16 to left half-glazed in recessed entrance with chamfered corners.
Interior: not inspected


REASONS FOR DESIGNATION: Nos. 12-14 & 16 Lansdown Place, Lewes are designated for the following principal reason:
* Architectural interest: a good example of mid to late C18 town houses.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
293274
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

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

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