are two listed farmsteads in the town: Halcombe Farm House, built in the 17th century; and Hoddern Farm House, from the 18th century. Another old building is the Shepherds Cot; now in the garden of a private house in The Compts in north Peacehaven. This flint hut was built in the 1880s to shelter shepherds in the lambing season.

In 1933 the popular singer and comedian Gracie Fields set up the Gracie Fields Children's Home and Orphanage, for children of those in the theatre profession who could not