Architecture of Sussex

1575 – Middle House, Mayfield, Sussex

Architect: William Houghton

Perspective View including details of house built circa 1575 by William Houghton. Published in The Building News,

1860 – Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Brighton, Sussex

Architect: G.F. Bodley

Plans for the church were drawn up in 1858, and construction took place between 1860 and 1861 to a design by George Frederick Bodley.

1867 – Church of St. Saviour, Eastbourne, Sussex

Architect: George Edmund Street

By the middle of the nineteenth century, Eastbourne was a growing town noted for its healthy climate.

1867 – Glen Andred, Withyham, Sussex

Architect: Richard Norman Shaw

Also known as Rockhurst. Built in 1866-7 for E.W Cooke by architect Norman Shaw in his domestic ‘Old English’

1868 – Convent of St. Margaret, East Grinstead, Sussex

Architect: George Edmund Street

The Sisters of St Margaret, an order of women in the Anglican Church, were founded in 1855 by Dr John Mason Neale at Rotherfield,

1868 – Leyes Wood, Sussex

Architect: Richard Norman Shaw

Designed as a mansion for James W. Temple. A fantastic victorian confection of brick, gables and chimneys,

1868 – St. Michael’s Orphanage for Girls, Bletchingley, Sussex

Architect: Edward Welby Pugin

Constructed through the generosity of the Dowager Duchess of Leeds between 1865-68; the location was originally known as Bletchingley Farm,

1869 – Brighton County Court, Sussex

Architect: T.C. Sorby

Not quite built as illustrated in The Building News, the former County Court of Sussex still stands today in Church St.,

1872 – Seacox Heath, Ticehurst, Sussex

Architect: Slater & Carpenter

Built in 1871. Architects Carpenter and Slater. Tall mansion in the style of a French chateau.

1872 – The Julius Elliott Memorial Schools, Mount St., Brighton, Sussex

Architect: Goulty & Gibbins

This school was opened in 1873 and was originally known as the (Julius) Elliott Memorial School,