Leweslands TA1094

Leweslands is a narrow building with tile-hung elevations to the north and a weather-board-above-render addition to the south, under a tiled roof with a flattened pitch. The windows are arranged in pairs to each floor. Although the ridge line is uneven, suggesting the lack of a ridge board (pre-1750), the roof has been considerably rebuilt in soft wood. The original core consisted of the two central bays including an end chimney stack with a lean-to outshot to the east which has now been rebuilt.

This is a relatively rare survival of the kind of rural dwelling that tends to be easily swept away and replaced, similar to Roundstone House (see TA168).

These notes have been compiled from survey reports prepared by Dr. Annabelle Hughes. The full reports have been deposited in the Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Barbican House, Lewes, where they can be consulted by researchers.






Tithe Data

Cottage & Garden
(Lewesland Cottage)

Ref: B1094
Landowner: William Acton
Occupier: Read & Howell
Cultivation: (no data)
A.R.P. 00.0.25

1841 Census

Yes

Tenement Analysis

Yes

Buildings

Yes

Archaeology

No

Old Maps

Yes

Further Information

No