Pepper Box Hill

The Pepperbox is on the brow of Brickworth Down giving wide views to the east and west. It is an octagonal brick tower with a pyramid roof and two floors and was built in 1606 by Gyles Eyre, a local landowner. It can be counted as a folly but may have been used a lookout so that ladies could follow the progress of the hunt, away from the rain and mud. Its name comes from its resemblance to a pepper box or pepper pot, which would have been in use in the 17th and 18th centuries.

In the late 18th and early 19th century it was a haunt of highwaymen, who waited there to rob coaches after they had climbed the hill and the horses were tired.