Brightling Park

TQ 6820-6920 BRIGHTLING THE STREET

38/4 Brightling Park

14.9.54

GV II*

Two storeys and attic. The north front has nine windows and four dormers hidden by the parapet. Red brick and grey headers on an ashlar base. Painted stringcourse Brick cornice and parapet. Hipped slate roof. Windows with keystones over and glazing bars intact. The east front has five windows and two dormers and a canted bay on both floors containing the doorway at the head of nine steps with pilasters, projecting cornice and door of six fielded panels. This house has been reduced in size by the demolition of the south wings since it was first listed. The estate was purchased by Thomas Fuller in 1697, and the house was built by him in the early years of the C18. It was then called Rose Hill after his wife, Rose who was an heiress from Jamaica. The Fullers were prosperous ironmasters in Sussex.

Listing NGR: TQ6833720936