Shermanbury Place

Shermanbury Place is a house that was rebuilt by John Challen around 1780 on the site of an older mansion that was demolished. According to James Dallaway's "History of the Western Division of Sussex," the earlier house was smaller and similar in character to the current structure, which was likely enlarged or rebuilt about 60 years later. The building is made of white brick with a stuccoed base and features a central portion flanked by two wings, all standing two storeys tall.

The central section has five windows, with the three middle window bays projecting and topped by a pediment that contains a round panel. It includes a stringcourse, a modillion cornice, and a blocking course, and is capped by a hipped slate roof. The windows are surrounded by moulded architraves, although their glazing bars are missing. A porch with a pediment has been added later at the top of five segmental steps in the centre of the front. The wings are lower in elevation and each has two windows.

On the east side of the house, there is a veranda that spans the entire width, supported by four pairs of coupled Doric columns. Additionally, a tower was added at the west end of the house, but it is detached and dates from the mid-19th century.