Upper Lowlands Farm

Farmhouse. Dating from the 17th century, it was altered in the 18th century, extended in the mid-19th century, and refenestrated in the early 20th century. The northern two bays are timber-framed and refronted in brickwork, primarily in stretcher bond, with tile-hanging to the first floor of the west side. The tiled roof is hipped to the north, extending over an outshot, and gabled to the south, featuring a mid-19th century brick chimneystack. A plinth is present. The southern bay has a ground floor of red brick, a tile-hung first floor, and a tiled roof with an end brick chimneystack.

The plan likely originated as a three-bay lobby entrance house, losing one bay at a later stage and replaced in the 19th century.

The northern part retains two exposed timber-framed posts to the ground floor of the west side and two full-height posts enclosed within brickwork to the east. Windows are early 20th century casements in the northern part, within earlier openings, and sash windows with vertical glazing bars to the southern addition. The front door, of the 18th or early 19th century, is under a 20th century weatherboarded porch, and a similar-dated rear door is also present.

The interior includes a 17th century plank door with pintle hinges into the outshot. Two ground floor rooms feature spine beams and exposed floor joists. The central room has a wide fireplace for a range. A 19th century staircase is accompanied by a plank partition. The first floor retains an 18th century partition with a diagonal tension brace. Visible timber framing on the north and east sides of the first floor is of box-frame construction, with a midrail and some reused timbers. The outlines of two upright posts are visible in the west wall, with the possibility of surviving uprights on the remaining side. Some of these upright posts are dated to the 18th century. Wide floorboards remain on the first floor. Two tiebeams survive, containing sockets for earlier braces. The roof has pegged rafters without a ridgepiece, angled queen struts, and 18th century purlins. There are several 19th century plank doors.

The first documented record of the building appears in a land exemption certificate dating from 1799. It is shown on the 1825 Christopher and Greenwood map of Sussex and the 1840 tithe map.

The house retains two timber-framed bays of the 17th and 18th centuries, which are substantially intact.