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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emma Magnus

‘The jewel in the crown of Lewes’: landmark gothic library designed by George Gilbert Scott looking for a new owner

Most people in Lewes know Fitzroy House, the Grade II-listed red brick building on the High Street with a clocktower and arched gothic windows. What most aren’t aware of, however, is that this former public library is also a home.

“People come in from town and say: ‘I’ve walked past this building for 40 years and I had no idea what was inside — and I certainly didn’t know anyone lived here’,” says Alison Grant, the owner of Fitzroy House. “It’s a secret place.”

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