Lewes Heath

This is a house dating from the 16th century, which was altered and extended around 1700 and in the early 19th century. It is timber-framed and has a red and blue chequered brick ground floor, tile-hung first floor, and a plain tiled roof. The building is two storeys high, with a basement and attic, standing on a plinth. The first floor has a bellcast profile and a pulvinated moulded wooden eaves cornice with tripled modillions, leading to a half-hipped roof with a central stack and two gabled dormers. The roof steps down to the right and then becomes gabled with a stack at the end. The layout of windows is regular, with five cross windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor. The central front door consists of two moulded panels in a bolection moulded surround, topped with an oval fanlight, a pedimented hood supported by brackets. Basement openings are to the left. The rear wings are finished with the same materials and detailing.

Inside, the rear wings feature large framing timbers with gunstock jowled main posts, indicating buildings dating back to at least the 17th century or earlier. The front range has a later frame and a queen post roof. Earlier features within the front range include a mullioned window visible in the rear wall and an inglenook fireplace initialed "I.B." A fireback in the house bears the arms of John Browne of Horsmonden, who was a gunfounder to Charles I and the Commonwealth, and a significant iron master of the Weald in the 17th century.