Brickwall

Brickwall is a large, irregular-shaped house that has been built and altered over various periods. The main front, facing northeast, was constructed by William White in the early 17th century, although it contains some older work inside. This timber-framed building features a mix of close-studded sections and areas painted to imitate this style, all resting on a red brick base. It stands three storeys tall and has nine windows. The façade includes three gables that overhang, supported by carved bressummers and brackets, with decorative bargeboards and finials. The right gable displays the date 1617 and the initials W M W (William and Mary White), while the center gable shows the date 1633. The roof is tiled, and ornamental red brick chimney stacks from the mid-19th century adorn the building.

The windows are casements with wooden mullions and transoms. A doorway from the 18th century features pilasters and a shell hood, with a bay above it consisting of two tiers of six lights. On either side of the doorway are similar two-storey bays, each flanked by a small three-light window. The rainwater head is dated 1835 and bears the initials T F T (Thomas Frewen Turner). A red brick chimney breast on the southeast wall is dated 1842, and a curved wing on the northeast, which is only one storey high, is dated 1845. These alterations and additions were likely made by Sydney Smirke. The southeast wing, designed to imitate timbering, was added by Thomas Frewen in 1873.

Inside, the house features early 17th-century panelling, elaborate plaster ceilings from the late 17th or early 18th century, and a staircase of the same period. The house was purchased in 1666 by Stephen Frewen, the fourth son of Rev John Frewen, who founded the Frewen family dynasty in Northiam. The Frewen family occupied the house until the 20th century, and it is now a Boys' School.