Viva Lewes Issue #138 March 2018

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BRICKS AND MORTAR Pretty vacant Lewes’ ‘buildings at risk’ Lewes has many buildings of historic or architectural importance, hundreds of them having the protective status of being ‘listed’. The town is inevitably subject to change - changes of use and new developments. For a number of reasons buildings may become ‘at risk’, often for a short time, occasionally for very long periods. Being at risk may come about because of vacancy, changes of ownership or while redevelopment opportunities are explored and planning permission sought. A good example of the latter category is Canon O’Donnell Hall on Western Road. Many of us will have a memory of this place, be it associated with scouts, Western Road School, the Catholic Church or drama classes… and that is by no means an exhaustive list! After being empty for years, at last this building with its Arts & Crafts touches and in a prominent position, is being converted, albeit very slowly, into four town houses. Earlier plans by the owner to knock it down and build a block of flats were opposed by the Friends of Lewes and others on more than one occasion in an attempt to save it from demolition and preserve its exterior. More recently, Lloyds Bank on the upper High Street – a Grade II Georgian listed building - was empty for some years, with obvious neglect and deterioration, whilst development ideas were pursued. The eventual conversion to a Côte restaurant, with accommodation above, has preserved its fine interior and put it back into use. Fisherman’s Cottages off Foundry Lane were in a ruinous state for years before a radical conversion brought them back to a habitable state, albeit with the loss of some historic internal features. Castle Cottage, tucked away in Castle Ditch Lane, appears to be in a perilous condition: I believe uncertain ownership and squatters have been the causes of protracted delay in its redevelopment. Sometimes the vacancy is measured only in months, as with the old Turkish Baths in Friars Walk, soon to be returned to yet another period of use in its long history, but St Anne’s Special School has been empty and deteriorating for a decade now, with competing ideas for its future being aired, but the County Council as owners have been unable to resolve the complex issues involved: a dreadful waste of a large site with much potential. Buildings do not have to be historic to be at risk: Springman House at the top of North Street is a relatively modern office building which has been derelict for years, having become surplus to the needs of its previous Health Service owners. It is due to be demolished and redeveloped this year as part of the plan to relocate the fire station from the North Street Quarter. Marcus Taylor Marcus is Chairman of the Friends of Lewes / friends-of-lewes.org.uk 92
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