Brightling Park

The house is approached by an avenue bounded by ha-has, to the side of which stands a grade II listed alcove or summerhouse.

[3] Associated with the estate are a number of follies and an observatory, all designed by architect Sir Robert Smirke for John "Mad Jack" Fuller in the early 1800s.

The Fuller family fortune was based on the manufacture of iron goods, especially cannons and the like for the Royal Navy, plus a substantial income from sugar produced on their Jamaican slave plantations.

His son, John Fuller II (c 1705–1755), spent heavily on the estate between 1745 and 1755, rebuilding the house and adding the west and the office wings.

An MP, philanthropist and eccentric, John Fuller commissioned architect Sir Robert Smirke to extend the house around 1800 and to build a number of follies on the estate.