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Pelham House is a large red-bricked building at St Andrews Lane in Lewes, East Sussex. The building which was the headquarters of East Sussex County Council from 1938 to 1968, is a Grade II listed building .
The village sign refers to the village as the "Village of the Buckle" This is a reference to the buckle on the Pelham's coat of Arms. The buckle was a gift from the King to Nicholas Pelham (died 1560) in reward for leading a group of men from Seaford and local landowners to repulse a small French fleet that attempted to land in Seaford Bay in 1545.
After being based at County Hall in the High Street in Lewes since its formation in 1889, [1] [2] East Sussex County Council relocated to Pelham House in Lewes in 1938. [3] After deciding that Pelham House was too restricted for future expansion, county leaders chose to procure a new purpose-built county headquarters: the site they selected was open land located between St Anne's Church and ...
By the 1960s the council again needed more space and so the current County Hall was built. Southover House was sold to Lewes District Council in 1998. [29] Full council meetings continued to be held in the council chamber at Pelham House until 2003 when a new council chamber was created in the 1968 County Hall and Pelham House was sold. [24]
Laughton Place is a historic building near Lewes, Sussex owned by the Landmark Trust. The Pelham family bought Laughton Place, an old fortified manor, in 1466; it was rebuilt in 1534 by William Pelham. Laughton Tower was restored under the supervision of architect John Warren in the 1980s.
Pelham House and Wall to South Lewes: House: 16th century: 25 February 1952 1043747 ... Ashcombe House, St. Ann (Without), Lewes: Farmhouse: 18th century: 17 March 1952
The Lewes Arms. Greene King decided to stop selling the locally produced Harvey's Sussex Best Bitter at the Lewes Arms in December 2006.. Harvey's brewery, which has been producing beer since 1790, is situated approximately half a mile from the pub and is a major local employer.
His parents moved to Lewes in the 1930s, where they ran the Pelham Arms public house. Laker and his younger brother John, were educated at Lewes County Grammar School. He played for Lewes Priory Cricket Club. He made his first-class debut for Sussex against Middlesex at the County Ground, Hove in the 1948 County Championship.