Stone House

This is a T-shaped house of several building periods. The oldest part, the east wing, has a northern section dating to the early 16th century. The exterior of this section has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries; the north front is now faced with red brick and grey headers on the ground floor, with tile hanging above. There is a gable at its west end and a gabled projection in the centre forming a porch with a room above. A 18th-century door of eight fielded panels is set within the porch. The windows include casement windows and some sash windows retaining original glazing bars. The southern part of the east wing dates to the early 17th century and is faced with ashlar. It has two storeys and an attic, with four windows. Cornices are present above each floor. The roof is tiled and features three gables with kneelers and coping, plus a smaller gable without coping or kneelers at each end; the easternmost gable is likely older and blind. The windows are casement windows with stone mullions, diamond-shaped leaded panes, old green glass, and original catches. A stone four-centred doorway and another tall blocked doorway are also visible further west. The westernmost window bay and gable were refronted with red vitreous brick in the 18th century and now has a bay with a three-light sash window on the ground floor. The original house extended further west but was destroyed by fire. The present west wing, forming the T-shaped portion to the east wing, was built in 1778 by H Harcourt and bears date stones, inscribed with the date and the initials H. H. and M. H., beneath two of the ground floor windows. The west front is two storeys high and has nine windows, with an ashlar base, window dressings, quoins, and vertical strips of red brick. A stringcourse of red brick and grey headers runs along it. A wooden eaves cornice with modillions is present. The tiled roof is topped with gables. Bays of three windows on each floor are positioned at each end of the front, with the windows in the south bay being dummy windows, the rooms being lit from the south front. A central doorway is located at the head of five wide steps, with an iron handrail featuring tall engaged Doric columns on plinths, a triglyph frieze, a pediment, a semi-circular fanlight, and double doors of eight moulded and fielded panels. The glazing bars are intact except in the ground floor windows on either side of the doorway, which now have stained glass. The north and south fronts of this wing are of red brick alternate with grey headers and have three windows each. The east wing contains 17th-century panelling and a staircase dating to circa 1620, with ball finials to the newels. The west wing has a fine staircase of a single flight to a half-landing, which then branches into two. Information about the house was published in the Sussex County Magazine, Volume 8, page 280.