Sat 12 Sep 26
Sat 12 Sep:1000-1700; Sun 13 Sep:1000-1700; Free Entry.
Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes BN7 2LX
Heritage Open Day: Lewes House is a substantial 18th century detached house set in a large walled garden. Former home of American art collector, Edward Perry Warren. Venue for Lewes History Group display and Friends of Lewes exhibition about its work. Lewes House is a Grade II* listed building. Its history goes back to the early part of the 18th century when some of the Georgian features of the property were thought to have been built around an earlier two storey medieval core. The present substantial house of five bays with red dressings and grey header brickwork to the main High Street elevation is credited to Henry Jackson in 1812.
The modern history of the House begins in April 1890, when the American art collector, Edward Perry Warren, took a lease before purchasing it in 1913...
