Lewes Priory
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Lewes Priory is a part-demolished medieval Cluniac priory in Lewes, East Sussex in the United Kingdom. The ruins have been designated a Grade I listed building.
View of priory remains, in the direction of the site of the Great Church (now bisected by railway line)
Panorama of the remains of the priory
A cross view of the existing ruins
The Mount and south-facing wall.
Southover Grange
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Southover Grange in Lewes, Sussex is a house of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1572 by William Newton and owned by this family for the next three hundred years. After this it was the residence of many notable people until it was bought by the local Council in about 1945. Today it is owned by the East Sussex County Council. It now houses the Lewes Register Office which provides Marriage Ceremony Packages, civil partnerships and citizenship ceremonies. The gardens host events from local theatre to beer an gin festivals.
Southover Grange
The Newton family tree
John Evelyn, the famous diarist, 1640
Southover Grange in 1850 before the additions of the 1870s were made.