Shillinglee Court And Numbers 1, 2 And 3 Shillinglee House

Shillinglee Court and numbers 1, 2 and 3 Shillinglee House comprise a country house, now divided into a house and three flats. The north wing, Shillinglee Court, was constructed in 1735 for Edward Turnour by Thomas Steel, a Chichester carpenter. The south wing, now numbers 1, 2 and 3 Shillinglee House, was added in the 1770s for Edward Turnour Garth, the first Earl of Winterton. The entire building was significantly damaged by fire in 1943 and subsequently restored and converted in 1976-7.

The building has a T-shaped plan. The north wing is two storeys high, originally with an attic, and has seven bays. It is constructed of red brick with an ashlar plinth, cill band, plat band, modillion cornice, pediment, rusticated quoins, tripartite keystones and springers to the windows. A brick parapet, originally taller and with blind attic windows, was reduced in height during the 1976-7 restoration. The symmetrical façade features a projecting central three-bay section beneath a pediment, which contains a rusticated semi-circular panel inscribed with the initials "E.T." and the date 1735. A central doorway has rusticated pilasters, a tripartite keystone, segmental pediment, and a part-glazed door. Windows are 12-pane sashes with flat brick arches, brick apron panels on the first floor, and the central first-floor window has a segmental arch and console keystone.

The south wing is also two storeys high and has seven bays, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with ashlar detailing including a plinth, cill band, plat band, modillion cornice, blocking course, and pediment. It has a hipped slate roof. The symmetrical façade is dominated by a central three-bay projection beneath a pediment containing a round window encircled by a stone wreath. A Venetian window in the centre of the first floor has an iron railing and modillion brackets while a doorway below is flanked by engaged columns and side-lights, and is approached by five wide steps with an iron handrail. Other windows have 12-pane sashes and moulded architraves, with those on the ground floor having alternately segmental or triangular pediments. Graffiti reading "L(ad)y Lydia 1788" is recorded to the right of the entrance.

Inside number 1 Shillinglee House, a fine late 18th century marble fireplace is noteworthy, featuring engaged columns, a central relief panel depicting Hercules with Virtue and Vice, rococo scrollwork to the frieze, and a dentil cornice. A restored panel above this depicts classical figures in a modillion, encircled by vines and urns, with scrollwork below. Original panelled double doors have been re-used throughout the building.

Records indicate alterations to Shillinglee House in 1771 and 1772. A downpipe on the south wing bears the date 1776. Photographs documenting the building’s condition during the 1996-7 restoration are held by the owners of number 1 Shillinglee House.