The Priest House

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Standing in the beautiful surroundings of a traditional cottage garden on the edge of Ashdown Forest, the Priest House is an early 15th century timber-framed hall-house with a dramatic roof of Horsham stone.

It was probably built for the Priory of St Pancras in Lewes and in Elizabethan times was modernised into a substantial Yeomen’s dwelling. It is now a museum containing a fascinating array of domestic country furniture, kitchen equipment, needlework and household items.

Outside there is a formal herb garden containing over 170 culinary, medicinal and folklore herbs.