Description

518/15/292

LEWES,
LANSDOWN PLACE (north side),
12 AND 16

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

30-JUN-88

GV

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26295781

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)