The East Sussex volume of The Buildings of England covers an area
ranging from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive
ridge of the South Downs and the resort towns and ancient ports of the
coast. Its coastal resorts are particularly distinguished, none more so
than Brighton and Hove, where John Nash's oriental Pavilion for the
Prince Regent sets the tone. Elsewhere castles at Camber, Bodiam and
fortified town walls at Rye and Winchelsea attest to its military past
and Battle Abbey to its medieval endowments. The towns and villages are
especially rich in timber-framed, brick and tile houses for which the
county is famous. The twentieth century makes its mark in the
exhilarating De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill, and the uncompromising
forms of the 1960s University of Sussex campus.