Tudor Cowdray House, Elizabethan Parham House, Petworth House and Uppark. Some of Sussex's atmospheric stately homes include Herstmonceux Castle, From the medieval period, there are numerous examples of the Wealden hall house, especially in the east of the Sussex Weald. Important Norman architecture in Sussex includes Chichester Cathedral, the ruins of Lewes Priory and Battle Abbey as well as Norman remains in the castles at Arundel, Bramber, Lewes, Pevensey and Hastings. The architectural feature known as the 'boat porch' is a type of ogee-arched rendered porch found only in Worthing. From the seventeenth century, a type of building material called ' mathematical tiles' were used, and their use in Sussex became very common in the closing years of the 18th century. Made with two horizontal rails connected by several vertical rails with two diagonal bracing rails, it is heaved into place by feeding the two horizontal rails into two larger holes in one gate post, and then heaved in the other direction tightly into two smaller holes in the other gate post. Also typical of Sussex is the heave-gate (often pronounced simply 'e'gate) as an effective stockproof barrier at a field entrance or between fields. Another architectural feature strongly associated with Sussex is the tapsel gate, a type of wooden gate found only in the county. Rare elsewhere, but common in Sussex is the Sussex cap, a type of blunt pyramidal roof of red tiles on a church tower. Typically conservative and moderate, the architecture of Sussex also has elaborate and eccentric buildings rarely matched elsewhere in England including the Saxon Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting Castle Goring, which has a front and rear of entirely different styles and Brighton's Indo-Saracenic Royal Pavilion. The feast day of Sussex's patron saint, St Richard of Chichester, 16 June, has been observed since 2007 as Sussex Day to celebrate the county's culture and history. Chichester is home to the Chichester Festival Theatre and Pallant House Gallery.
Brighton Pride is one of the UK's largest and oldest gay pride parades and other pride events take place at most other major towns including Crawley, Eastbourne, Hastings and Worthing. The county is home to the Brighton Festival and the Brighton Fringe, England's largest arts festival. Sussex is known for its strong tradition of bonfire celebrations and its proud musical heritage. Other regional characterisations include the sharp shrewd stubborn Sussex Wealdsman and the more deferential Sussex Downsman. The reputation for independence also extends to admiration of the independence of others and toleration of others. The people of Sussex have a reputation for independence of thought and an aversion to being pushed around, as expressed through the Sussex motto, We wunt be druv. Sussex escaped the wholesale rearrangements of life and customs which the Norse invasions brought to much of England and the Germanic culture of the South Saxons remained much more intact than that of the rest of England. This relative isolation until recent times is due to Sussex's geography, with the sea to the south, the forest and sticky clays of the Weald to the north and coastal marshes to the east and west. The last Anglo-Saxon kingdom to be Christianised, Sussex has a centuries-old reputation for being separate and culturally distinct from the rest of England. Sometimes thought by outsiders to be some sort of rural adjunct to London, Sussex has a cultural identity as unique as any other English county. It is informed by Sussex's history as an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, English county, diocese of the church and present-day cultural region. The culture of Sussex refers to the pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Sussex and its people. The Flag of Sussex is based on a design that dates back to at least 1622
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