Hove in the Past: New Church Road, Hove

Judy Middleton 2002 (revised 2023)

Background

At first, the short stretch of road west of Church Road was just called Church Road too, and it was not until 1894 when the plans were approved for St Philip’s Church, that the term New Church Road came into use.

To be exact, most of New Church Road was not situated in Hove at all, but in the neighbouring parish of Aldrington, the boundary between the two being along Westbourne Villas and Westbourne Gardens. The land to the west formed part of the Aldrington Estate, and Hove Commissioners had no jurisdiction there until 1893 when Hove and Aldrington were amalgamated.

This was why when there was a tramway through Aldrington, it terminated at Westbourne because there was no tramway through Hove, and neither was there a trolley-bus service. Hove councillors and landowners were of the opinion that such modern innovations might lower the tone of genteel Hove. As soon as it was legally possible, Hove Council had the tramway through Aldrington removed in 1912.

Development

The Hove part of the road was an up-market neighbourhood with some substantial houses including stately Brooker Hall (now Hove Museum) set in several acres. The Aldrington Estate was sold off in 1877, and the developers naturally had a hand in the developments along New Church Road. For example, the deeds of number 29 go back to a document dated 4 October 1880 between Vere Fane Benett Stanford, George Gallard, William John Williams, and Joseph Harris Stretton on one part, and Henry Adams on the other part. Then there was a Deed of Conveyance dated 4 October 1880 between William John Williams, Joseph Harris Stretton, and Evan Vaughan on one part, and George Gallard on the other part. There was a covenant on the site that only permitted the erection of one dwelling house. However, private development is often a hazardous undertaking, and it is interesting to note that Evan Vaughan went bankrupt and promptly disappeared, leaving his partners in the lurch.

The road at the Portslade end was constructed in 1880 by the Aldrington Proprietors, who were the men just mentioned – namely Gallard, Williams, Stretton, and Vaughan. The road was 65-ft wide and stretched towards the Westbourne boundary.

Footpath Stopped Up

This ancient footpath was 17-ft wide and followed the route of the new road until it reached the glebe land to the east of St Leonard’s Church where it veered off in a north-easterly direction. It was stopped up on 18 October 1880.

Public Highway

In November 1884 the road west of Church Road stretching a distance of 920 feet was declared a public highway. In January 1894 Hove Commissioners decided to provide new granite kerbs and foot-paths on both side of the road formed with Coombe rock and gravel, plus 22 gullies to remove surface water while at the same time amending those already in place.

Illegal Refreshment Hut

In July 1896 the Hove Surveyor reported that a structure had been erected on the north side of the road around 490-ft west of St Philip’s Church by Frederick Mainstone without plans or notice. The structure was placed 13-ft back from the footpath, and was constructed on wheels and built of wood. It measured 9-ft by 9-ft wide, and was 7-ft 6-in high to the roof, which was covered by corrugated iron. It was used to sell refreshments. The council insisted it must be pulled down.

Foot-paths

In April 1897 Hove Council informed the trustees of the Vallance Estate that the time had come when lamps ought to be provided on the south side of the road from Sackville Road to Westbourne Villas, together with a proper pavement on each side. When this had been done the council would declare the foot-paths to be public highways.

In November 1897 the Hove Surveyor reported that the foot-paths in Hove were 10-ft wide, whereas the foot-paths in Aldrington were 12-ft wide. He suggested that the pavement should be 12-ft wide along the whole length of the road.

Houses and Nurseries

The 1898 Directory records only a few houses in New Church Road, and all of them known by name rather than number. There was Brooker Hall and Aldrington House, both still in existence, with the latter reverting to its original name after many years as the Lady Chichester Hospital). There was also Ranmore (occupied by Mr Horton Ledger, see below) Sterndale, Marma Villa, Framfield House, Hassenden (now in the occupation of St Christopher’s School) Ellesmere, Cleveland (see number 29) and Sunnyside.

There were also two nurseries, and so the rural past had not yet been obliterated.

Trees

In 1898 Hove Council decided to plant trees on both sides of the road as far as Walsingham Road, and in October 1899 tree planting was extended to Aldrington Recreation Ground at a cost of £54 including guards. The species chosen especially for this location was the elm because it has a high tolerance of coastal conditions. The councillors would have been astonished to learn just how important this planting of elm trees would become in later times, and they prove to be an impressive sight when in full leaf. Due to the onslaught of Dutch Elm disease in England, these elm trees, together with all elm trees in Brighton and Hove, are of national importance and form the largest collection in the entire country. It is a never-ending battle, but a close eye is kept on them and at the first sign of disease an individual tree must be felled immediately to protect the remainder.

Lighting

Although by March 1899 there were lamps up to Westbourne Villas, the Hove Surveyor considered lighting should be continued as far as Carlisle Road. This would necessitate six new lamps and the re-arranging of the existing ones. All lamps should be fitted with incandescent burners.

Traffic Census

On 4 February 1904 a traffic census was taken to record the volume of traffic in a single day at both ends of New Church Road. The results were as follows:

East End

302 horse buses

113 motor buses

23 motor cars

830 bicycles

857 other vehicles total 2,125

West End

62 horse buses

126 motor buses

34 motor cars

542 bicycles

582 other vehicles total 1,346

The total did not include tramcars

Roadworks

In 1914 the stretch of road between Westbourne Villas and Carlisle Road was ‘macadamised with granite and tarred’.

By 1926 Hove Council thought matters would be improved by substituting creosoted deal blocks on a concrete foundation.

Aldrington Brick-Fields

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This unique photograph was taken in 1910, and the men were hard at work at the Wish brickfield

This industry was of a long duration with brick earth first being extracted from Aldrington in the 1820s and continuing into the 20^th century. The first brick-field site was west of Wish Barn, then in the 1840s another opened closer to the Hove boundary, and finally, in the 1860s there was a brick-field on land that later became Wish Park.

Under the Quarries Act of 1894 brick-fields that had pits over 20-ft in depth came under the jurisdiction of Her Majesty’s Inspector of Mines. In 1897 there were only six sites in Sussex that fell into this category, and one was in Aldrington; the other being in Portslade (later to become Victoria Recreation Ground).

In 1897 Aldrington brick-fields provided employment for 52 men, and some of them lived in houses provided for them in Grange Road, and Bolsover Road. In Ron Martin’s opinion, the creamy white bricks with a smooth surface still to be seen locally came from Aldrington brick-fields. Examples are to be found in Church Road, Denmark Villas, Goldstone Villas, and Wilbury Road.

Naturally enough, there came to be a conflict of interest between the industry and the developers and occupants of new houses. Hove Commissioners had been well aware of the nuisance caused by such activity, and their Hove Commissioners Act of 1873 made special provision with regard to brick-burning in section 56. ‘Every person who shall burn bricks or tiles in any place not used for that purpose at the time of the passing of this Act nearer than 500 yards to any dwelling house, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings and the like sum for every day the offence shall be continued’.

This Act could only be applied to Hove, although residents of Aldrington petitioned to be included. But they were unsuccessful because the brick-fields had been in operation before their houses were built. In 1911 a petition signed by fourteen Aldrington residents requested Hove Council to ‘speedily close’ the Wish brick-field under the Town Planning Act. They complained about the fumes, and since there was enough brick earth to last for another 30 years, the council must act. The Borough Surveyor considered there was no case under the Town Planning Act 1909, and if the petitioners found brick-burning a nuisance, this could be dealt with under the Public Health Act of 1875 and the amended Act of 1907.

However, it seemed that when the industry did cease, residents had swapped one problem for another. That is because Hove Council began to use the pit as the ideal spot in which to tip builder’s rubble and garden refuse, paying the owner nine pence a load for the privilege. For a short time, household refuse followed. In 1920 a petition bearing the signatures of 648 people deploring this practice was presented to Hove Council, who then decided to take their rubbish elsewhere.

On 25 November 1904 fire broke out in a hayrick around 50 yards away from the north side of New Church Road. The hayrick was adjacent to a brick-field and was the property of Mr Colwell, coal merchant of Hove. Hove Fire Brigade and Hove Police were quickly on the scene where a crowd of on-lookers had gathered. There was no threat to property.

Architecture

New Church Road is characterised by the diversity of its architecture ranging from bungalows to multi-storey flats. It is because the road was developed piece-meal at different times and by a variety of developers; thus there was never an overall plan such as is to be found in elegant older developments like Brunswick Square and Palmeira Square. Some flats are more acceptable to the eye than others, and for example Brittany Court has Thirties-style stained-glass windows above the entrances. Rutland Court was one of the first tall blocks of flats. But by far the most interesting modern structure is newly-built Coastal Place where an old-fashioned variety in materials and styles has made all the difference. What a refreshing change from the usual bland, flat-roofed block.

The stretch of handsome properties on the north side next to Boundary Road are notable for their steeply-pitched roofs.

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left:- These handsome houses are next to Boundary Road, right:- Spacious houses near St Philip’s Church

Synagogue

In the 1930s number 29 New Church Road was purchased by the Jewish community and it became the Liberal Jewish Synagogue until the congregation moved to Lansdowne Road in 1938. Later on the house at number 31 was also acquired. The two properties remained in the ownership of the Jewish community.

The idea for a purpose-built synagogue had been around for a few years but it was not until 1955 that the dream began to take shape. In that year Martin Freedman became chairman of the West Hove Synagogue Building Committee at Hove, and there followed many long-winded and vociferous meetings. At length matters were agreed, and Alec Feldman & Partners were chosen as the architects, while the building was erected by the well-known firm of William Willett. Under the terms of the contract, the synagogue was supposed to be ready for the next Rosh Hashonah.

Martin Freedman had campaigned so long for the synagogue that it was sad he did not live to see it completed. Therefore, it seemed fitting that his eldest son, Gerald David Freedman, should lay the foundation stone on 14 December 1958, the day being the eighth day of Chanukah. The ceremony was conducted in the open air, and it was indeed fortunate that the day turned out to be one of brilliant sunshine and blue skies after a week of torrential rain. All the same, the 400 people who attended were obliged to stand on duck-boards laid across a sea of mud. Rabbi I. N. Fabricant, assisted by Revd Braunstein, Revd Bloom, and Mr J. Harris, conducted the service. Afterwards, Mr I. Silver, president of the congregation, presented a silver trowel to Mr Freedman to commemorate the occasion. As is so often the case with new building works, the synagogue took longer to complete than anticipated, and it was not consecrated until 9 July 1961. It had cost £45,000, and could accommodate 350 people.

(The new synagogue meant that there was now more space at number 31 where the rabbi lived, and the Brighton & Hove Independent Talmud Torah, the Yavnah Kindergarten, and Torah Academy were established there.)

The Ark is the focal point of the synagogue. It is set back between contrasting panels of brick-work, shielded by an embroidered curtain of deep blue velvet with a metal-work gate in front of it. Above are words in Hebrew script ‘Know in front of whom you stand’. The Ark is lit by natural daylight through partially concealed windows. Immediately in front of the Ark platform, is the Bimah from where the rabbi and cantor officiate. The cantor plays an important role because in Orthodox synagogues there are no organs, and the cantor starts off all the singing.

Unusually for an Orthodox establishment, the ladies are not tucked away in a gallery, as is the case in the Middle Street Synagogue. But the ladies still occupied their own space at the back, separated from the men by a small decorative iron screen. The men wear traditional prayer shawls. It is usually at his Barmitzvah that a boy receives his first prayer shawl, and upon marriage his bride presents him with a new one.

On the south-east wall there are two marble tablets containing the prayer for the Queen and the royal family – one in English, the other in Hebrew. There were donated in memory of Ethel and Joel Carman, and Adela and Joseph Singer. It is customary to pray for the royal family once a week in Orthodox communities. On the west wall there are some matching tablets with a prayer for the State of Israel given in memory of Esther and Myar Cohen, and Millie and Simon Polchar. On the south wall there is a Yahrzeit where dutiful children record the dates of their parents’ deaths.

The Windows

There are fourteen stained-glass windows, the work of Cox & Barnard. The two windows nearest the Ark feature the Ten Commandments – the south one in the shape of a Holy Scroll, the north one showing two tablets. The other twelve windows display the emblems of the twelve tribes of Israel, starting from the first one on the south side as follows:

Reuben – a mandrake with purple flowers

Judah – a rather splendid lion

Simeon – (the mighty man of battle) – a shield

Levi – a priestly breastplate with 12 rectangles in different colours to represent the 12 tribes

Benjamin – a wolf

Ephraim and Manessah – a bull and a unicorn

Asher – an oak tree

Napthali – a hind with horns

Dan – a cobra

Gad – tents, with purple bases, and red and white striped roofs

Isaacher – a laden pack-mule

Zebulun – a trading ship

Rabbis

Revd Dr Julius Unsdorfer was the rabbi for the synagogues at Middle Street, Brighton, and New Church Road. He died in November 1978 and his body was flown to Jerusalem. He lived in Princes Avenue, and left a widow, Ada, five children, and fourteen grandchildren. Britain’s Chief Rabbi, Revd Dr Immanuel Jakobovits, conducted a memorial service for him in the New Year.

Revd Isaac Fabricant died in September 1989 at the age of 83. His library was presented to the Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation and housed in a special room at New Church Road.

Recent Times

In June 1992 Hove Council placed a preservation order on four elm trees in the grounds of numbers 29/31. Perhaps it was just in time, because the congregation did not consider them worth saving. Trees continue to cause anxiety. This is because the trees in the grounds of 29/31 and St Christopher’s School added so much to the perception of ‘leafy Hove’, and when the school’s trees were decimated by Dutch Elm disease, it made the other trees more precious. A further TPO (Tree Protection Order) was placed in 1997. In 2018 there was local uproar when some trees were pruned. A resident declared that ‘they have devastated the vegetation’. David Sidel, chairman of the Brighton & Hove Hebrew Congregation, stated that they had complied with all legal requirements. Councillors admitted that since the last TPO other trees had become established and needed protection, therefore a new TPO was required. When ambitious plans for the re-development of the site became a fact, special attention was paid to protecting as many trees as possible. In 2019 the council’s aboriculturist stated that there were 22 trees in the grounds protected by TPOs, but he feared there would be considerable root damage to twelve of them during building work. Also, it transpired that four trees would have to be removed in any case, but the council persuaded the developers to replace any one damaged tree with three new ones.

The plans for the site covered by 29/31 and grounds unveiled in 2017 included the demolition of the synagogue, and the two gracious houses, the building of a new, smaller Orthodox synagogue, kosher care centre, kosher cafe, educational facilities, and two blocks of residential flats. The original plan was for one 7-storey block and one 5-storey block but residents were horrified at the height. The Hove Action Group was of the opinion that ‘if they are built … they will totally change the way our little corner of Hove looks and feels’. There were 103 objections and 91 people in support. The parents of St Christopher’s School were unhappy with issues such as over-looking, and with the fact that seven windows would receive less daylight. The school is successful, but there is absolutely no more space for further extension within their boundaries. However, the congregation have offered to share their new classrooms with the school. The final plan was for three blocks of flats of 4, 5, and 6 storeys, and there would be 35 flats, ten town houses, and five affordable homes. A spokesman of the Sussex Jewish Representative Council said, ‘The proposed facilities offer a forward-thinking vision of what a re-invigorated Brighton & Hove Jewish community can look like’. It was hoped that young families would be encouraged to move there when it is completed.

By March 2019 the council had received 723 objections while there were only 440 letters of support. The crucial meeting of the Planning Committee took place at Hove Town Hall on 20 March 2019, and there were heated contributions from both sides. Tony Bloom, chairman of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, had been working with the Jewish community to fund the project with his Bloom Foundation from its inception. He reminded people that the site had in fact been on the point of being sold to a commercial developer until his charity stepped in. There was no money to be made from the present proposals, and indeed the charity expected to make a loss of £8 million. The scheme was for the benefit of the Jewish community who had a long and distinguished association with Hove, and the city was supposed to be a place that welcomed diversity. The council gave planning permission by seven votes to five.

Work soon started on the site with the demolition of the two houses and the synagogue. A giant crane was installed, and no doubt would be a feature of the landscape for some time. The project is supposed to take two years, but perhaps that is a conservative estimate.

Completion

By May 2023 the new buildings and synagogue were complete. Jasmin Azix of the Brighton and Hove Jewish Community stated that ‘one aim was to make it easier to be Jewish in Brighton and Hove’ and it ‘will platform Jewish culture so that people from any faith or no faith can get involved.’ Already, some local schools have visited to learn about Judaism at first hand. However, the development is not exclusively Jewish, and non-Jewish families and professionals have been among the first fifteen residents to move onto the site, which consists of 45 mews houses, apartments and penthouses.

The new Sapphire Hove residential development in June 2023

There will be community spaces for various activities, and in September a nursery will open for some 38 children up to five years of age. It is interesting to note that Tony Bloom and Marc Sugarman, who grew up in Hove, were educated at St Christopher’s School next door, and both men are involved with Brighton & Hove Albion F. C. The project is funded by the Bloom Foundation, and built in conjunction with the local Hebrew Congregation.

The new Orthodox Synagogue at the Sapphire Hove, is the building behind the trees with the ornate diagonal iron work and honeycombed masonry fascia.

It seems the architect of the new synagogue prefers natural light to the stained-glass windows of the previous synagogue. However, the wooden pews were saved from the old building and restored.

One of the five plant designs, repeated on the
front of the Olive Tree Court apartment block
at the Sapphire Hove housing complex.

Finally, Novellino, Brighton will become the first kosher restaurant south of London with the chef moving down from the city. In the basement there is a bakery to produce challah bread, bagels, and pastries. (The Hovarian May 2023)

Shaun the Sheep in the grounds of Sapphire Hove

There are 40 individually designed sculptures of Shaun the Sheep displayed around Brighton & Hove’s streets, parks and other public areas from the 9 September until 5 November 2023, in connection to a fund raising event for the Martlets Hospice.

Left - Baa-eutifully Ewe-nique – Shaun the Sheep, created by Church Lane Nursery,
Right - Shaun of Autumn Lodge, created by Autumn Lodge Dementia Home

House Notes by Name

Adelaide Nursing Home – It is situated at numbers 203/205 and in July 1990 opened a new 14-bedroom extension.

Aldrington House – It was built in the early 1890s and William and Mart Hammand lived there. William died in 1894 and was buried in the churchyard at St Leonard’s. His widow continued to live in the property until she died in 1912. In 1920 the property was sold for £4,900 and became the Lady Chichester Hospital. In 1988 it reverted to its original name.

Aldrington Rectory – The house was built in the 1920s on what had been the southern part of Aldrington glebe, which meant that it was already church-owned land. The garden was of generous proportions, being around one-fifth of an acre. Unusually, the rectory was built with a south-east aspect, and the doorway was framed inside a massive Minster arch. It seemed that the rectory followed the Victorian tradition that made allowances for the possibility of large clerical families because there were five bedrooms, while downstairs the reception rooms were of generous proportions. However, in 1990 Revd Stephen Terry submitted plans to Hove Council for the future use of the site. It involved the demolition of the rectory plus the church hall in Glebe Villas. Instead, there would be a new team-vicarage, and a block containing twenty sheltered apartments with a warden’s flat. It did not take long for Hove Council to make up their minds, and the plans were rejected in April 1990. Indeed, the chairman, Peter Martin, expressed his surprise, saying it was incredible the church was trying to squeeze so much onto the site. By 1992 the house was boarded up and had been empty for two years. It seems nobody wanted the erstwhile rectory. The Dioceses of Chichester did offer it for sale at the bargain price of £175,000, but there were no takers, probably because the place needed an entire refurbishment. It was also not a listed building, although in December 1993 Hove Council did take the precaution of slapping a tree preservation order on some of the specimens in the grounds. The demolition of the rectory took place during November and December 1994. The site is now occupied by Church House.

Avenue Private Clinic – In March 1977 it was stated that the three houses formerly occupied by this private hospital had been sold for £400,000, the owners having retired. The establishment would be refurbished and re-open as a nursing and care home. It is now The Priory.

Blenheim Court – In the 1960s the large house on the corner was demolished (see number 7). Hove Planning Committee gave planning permission for a block of flats to be built including 47 two-bedroom flats, eight one-bedroom flats, one bed-sit, together with 31 garages and 36 parking spaces.

Bon Accord Care Home – In June 1982 the home at number 79 was celebrating its tenth anniversary by opening a new adjacent house at number 83 with fifteen rooms. The original house had 25 rooms. Colin and Lynda Lee ran the establishment. In January 1995 it was stated that the Lees had been running Bon Accord for 23 years, and it had grown to include number 81 too.

Church House – This is the secular headquarters of the Diocese of Chichester, and the administrative centre for the 400 or so Church of England parishes in the Diocese. Church House was previously to be found at 9 Brunswick Square, and was in occupation there from the summer of 1933; in 1945 number 10 was also acquired for Diocesan purposes. However, by the 1990s the two houses were deemed to be expensive to run, and moreover it seemed that major repairs might soon be necessary, which could cost anything from £350,000 to £500,000. It was also somewhat inconvenient for the work to be spread out over five floors in two rambling, old houses.

In June 1994 the Diocese of Chichester applied to Hove Council for planning permission to erect a new headquarters on the site previously occupied by Aldrington Rectory. This was a revised plan because there had been difficulties in 1993 with 27 letters of objection, and a petition signed by 34 people. In July 1995 the Right Revd Eric Kemp, Bishop of Chichester, laid the foundation stone. David Grey, the architect, designed the building, which was erected by contractors Longley. Sussex materials were used wherever possible, and red brick with blue/black string-courses are in evidence. It was a difficult site because lack of space meant the building could not face the road, and thus the entrance is on the west side. The size is also somewhat deceptive because it looks like a two-storey structure, but in fact there are three storeys with the top one being in the deep roof space, and lit with windows that are flush with the tiles. This space is occupied by the archives, and the office for family social work.

The ground floor has two large meeting rooms which can be partitioned into four rooms; there is a reception area, a print room, a book room, a communications base, and space for visiting bishops and archdeacons. The office space is on the first floor. The building cost £670,000, and the staff moved into the new Church House over the weekend of 8/10 September 1995. The Bishop of Chichester formally opened the building on 30 October 1995. An attractive feature is the wooden plaque of the Virgin Mary and Child carved by Brighton carpenter Trevor Field from wood salvaged from Lancing College. Outside, there are some magnificent pink and white horse chestnut trees that received a preservation order from Hove Council.

Deepdene School – Mrs Joyce Shaw founded the school at 195 New Church Road in the 1940s. The school closed on 1 April 2022.

Edward House – This seven-storey block of flats was constructed by R. Green Properties Ltd and was finished in 1978. The flats were built on the site of two houses – numbers 41 and 43. There were so many advance enquiries about the 28 flats that the agents decided to allow everyone an equal chance to see over the flats. On 18 July 1978 a queue started to form at 6.15 a.m. and some people were prepared to wait three hours. The prices ranged in price from £15,000 to £24,000.

Falconhurst – This house on the south side was donated to the Lady Chichester Hospital opposite by a grateful, former patient. In 1987 it was stated that the house was being altered to care for elderly patients needing mental health care, and it was due to open that September. By 2000 the house had been refurbished and re-named the Westbourne Hospital. It had 35 beds and cared for adults with mental health problems. There was also provision for day-care facilities. In June 2000 the establishment was ready to receive patients from Brighton General Hospital. It also included a neighbouring house once called The Chimneys. However, that arrangement did not last long and by 2003 the council-owned property was empty. It was stated that the building had been leased to South Down NHS Trust. In July 2006 it transpired that the Downland Housing Association hoped to buy the property. It proposed to build four blocks of flats on the site, ranging from three to five storeys in height, and there would also be provision for adults and young people with learning difficulties.

Framnaes – The unusual name was already in use in 1916 when Revd Thomas Whitehouse lived in the house. He was the minister of the Congregational Church in Portslade. By 1919 Mr F. SA. Olsen lived there, and in August of that year, he applied for council permission to build a garage and a cottage in the grounds – his application was refused. However, in 1923 when Mr W. H. Hunter lived there, he managed to obtain permission for a garage, which was built by J. Parsons & Sons. The name ‘Framnaes’ has been perpetuated in the modern block of flats on the site.

Hassenden – It was the name of a large house on the north side of the road on the east corner of Westbourne Gardens, and was built in around 1897. It seems that the first owner was the great English tenor Edward Lloyd (1845-1927) who had previously lived at 43 Medina Villas. This house became quite a hub for famous singers because apparently Lloyd also leased it to Dame Clara Butt, who had Hove connections as well, and John Sims Reeves (1821-1900) who was prominent in the field of opera and oratorio. He was a popular ballad singer too, and it is interesting to note that Come into the Garden, Maud was written especially for him in 1857. He tried to retire in 1882 but a bad investment of his savings meant that he had to sing for his supper, as it were, when his voice was past its sell-by date. He finally called it a day in 1891, his wife died in 1895, and he promptly married a young student. Like his friend Edward Lloyd, he too died at Worthing.

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This house was once known as Hassendean, and is the only one left of the three identical villas

At first the house was known just by its name and not numbered. Then in 1902 it acquired a number 9, but by 1913 it was number 45. Edward Lloyd moved elsewhere, and Mrs Courage occupied the house from around 1902 to 1907, followed by Mrs Begbie, and in 1910 by Mr W. Coulson Parkinson. By 1914 Victor Tudor Greenyer was the occupant. In October 1923 Hove Council gave planning permission for the property to be converted into flats, but it is not certain if in fact this took place. When Mr Greenyer died, the house passed to his two daughters, Miss E. T. Greenyer and Mrs Sargison. In the 1940s Miss Greenyer lived at Wykehurst Park, Bolney. In 1944 St Christopher’s School took over the property.

Hove Village Day Nursery – It opened in September 2015 in the premises once known as Wish House (see below). Kathryn Hyatt decided upon a change of career after spending some fifteen years building up the company she founded called Caterpillar Music, which is prominent in the pre-school world. She had the idea of creating a day nursery with a difference because besides music, dance and art, the youngsters are also given a taste of yoga, Italian and Spanish. By July 2016 there were 100 children on the books, ranging in age from 12 months to five years of age. The inspector from Ofsted was full of praise describing the nursery as ‘outstanding’ and remarking upon the ‘exceptionally high quality of teaching’. By June 2019 there were 190 children and 33 staff members, while the premises were open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Indeed, Hove Village was so successful that they were soon seeking more accommodation and in 2018 thought the basement of Hove Library would be an excellent site. Brighton & Hove City Council are determined that Hove Library should provide a revenue stream for their coffers, despite the fact that it has been a council-owned site since the 1880s with no debt, whereas the ruinously expensive Jubilee Library will continue to be a heavy debt for years to come; moreover, Hove Library is a listed building. Thus the plans were bitterly opposed, but the council had a handy let-out clause because a nursery would not constitute a ‘change of use’. All it needed was for the relevant committee to vote on making the necessary physical changes to the basement, which they did with eight to two votes in favour. This nursery opened in 2019.

Meanwhile, back at the New Church Road site, there was trouble from the next door neighbour. The story even made the pages of the Daily Mail (22/6/19) with a photograph of the house. The £1million, detached house with a swimming pool in the back garden, had been inhabited by the professional couple for ten years before the nursery opened its doors. It was the 53-year old lady who was seeking a noise abatement order in Brighton Magistrates Court because the children were making too much noise when they played outside. The case could not be more ironic because the lady was a psychotherapist, with child-related issues being one of her areas of expertise. But she held her consultations elsewhere. However, more tolerant neighbours were surprised by the action because they thought the sound of young children happily playing was delightful, and it cheered them up.

Pembroke Court – In the 1960s the large house on this site was demolished (see under number 17). By April 1963 some 25 new flats were advertised for sale, The flats contained one, two, or three bedrooms, and the prices ranged from £4,350 to £7,250. The building was faced with good quality grey bricks. The developers were Prestbury Developments, the architects were Feldman & Dennis of Brighton, and the contractors were G. T. Crouch Ltd of Crawley.

Wish House – This rather grand double-fronted house was built in 1887 on the corner of Wish Road with the southern aspect overlooking Wish Park. For many years the house served as a residential home for the elderly. In November 2000 there were plans to convert the premises into eleven flats, plus two six-bedroom student suites. But neighbours feared the site would be overcrowded. The plans were put on hold while officials paid a site visit. Then in April 2001 planning permission was refused. The scheme came to nothing because the council wanted the developers to make a contribution towards improvements in Wish Park, as well as to provide some affordable housing in the plan. The developers refused, stating that Wish Park was in good condition, and the flats they envisaged would be rented homes, and not luxury ones. Today the house is home to Hove Village Day Nursery, and it has been so well received that they have expanded and rented further space in the basement of Hove Library. Moreover, the New Church Road building has been given a face-lift and when the scaffolding came down in 2020, it could be seen in all its former glory.

House Notes by Numbers

Number 1 – The architecture of this house is a wonderful piece of Victorian extravaganza with gables and decorative tiling, half-timbering, turret, turret room, statement doorway, windows of different shapes and sizes, plus balconies. As befits such a grand structure, it also commands an imposing site, with frontages to both New Church Road and Sackville Road. Today, it is known as Cyril Fraser House, and is a rest home for those of the Jewish faith.

Number 2 – This house called Hove Court is situated on the south side, and it forms one of a group of fine Edwardian houses built in around 1902. There are some interesting details, and especially notable is the spacious path leading to the front door. Unusually for Hove, it is composed of very small black and white diamond-shaped tiles, and no doubt is a listed feature. When requiring repair, it is a specialist’s task. Inside the house there are fine tiles on the hall floor, ornate plaster cornices and embellishments on the ceiling. On the west side there are four windows featuring roundels of painted glass depicting a songbird against blossom or foliage (all different) surrounded by stained glass in hexagonal and diamond shapes. The top part of the windows contain plain squares of stained glass. There are similar windows elsewhere at Hove.

Number 17 – This was a large ten-bedroom mansion situated on the north side of the road near Brooker Hall. The architect was W. H. White and there was a cupola, and gables on the south and west sides. It was built to the specifications of Mr William Kennard Lusty, founder of the famous Lloyd Loom furniture firm. The factory was situated in the East End of London, and the basket-like effects were achieved by specially spun paper. Although the factory was bombed in 1940, production continued on a new site outside Worcester. Mr Lusty died in 1953, leaving £162,458. His widow continued to live in the house, and was still there in 1960 when their son, Jack Lusty, new president of the firm, moved in with his wife and daughter. Although it was a fine residence, it was just too large for modern living, and besides it was difficult to find staff or gardeners. The family moved to a smaller house in Dyke Close, and number 17 was demolished. On the site of the mansion and its grounds Pembroke Court and Blenheim Court were built.

Number 29 – The house was built in the 1880s on the north side, and was one of the first to be erected west of Sackville Road, its original name being Cleveland.

On 31 July 1935 Hugh Webster, the Official Arbitrator, held a court at the Royal Pavilion to hear an application under section 84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 for the discharge or modification of restrictive covenants. Cumberland Mansions Ltd wanted the deeds of 29 New Church Road altered so that they could build a block of residential flats consisting of 24 flats on two floors with garage accommodation. The property had a frontage to the road of 86-ft 9-in, and a depth of 239-ft. The covenant on the property permitted the erection of one house only. Tristan Eve QC for the company said that the character of the neighbourhood had changed greatly since the sale of the Aldrington Estate in 1877, and it was admitted that should the flats be built, there would be 50 or 60 occupants instead of half-a-dozen who would normally occupy one house. There were a number of objections from the occupants of numbers 21, 25, 27, 31 and 33, as well as other residents in the road and Pembroke Gardens. The Arbitrator decided that the covenants could be modified but not to the extent of building a block of flats. Instead, the covenants could be modified to permit the land being used for the erection of two detached private dwelling houses, with or without garages, each frontage being less that 40-ft.

In the event, the house remained intact, and the Liberal Jewish community purchased it for use as a synagogue until they moved to Lansdowne Road in 1938. It remained in the hands of the Jewish community. (See under Synagogue).

Number 112 – In 1980 Homemakers of Saltdean purchased the 50-year old house for £80,000. It stood on the corner of Welbeck Avenue within half-an-acre of grounds. Planning permission was sought to build four semi-detached houses. But only three were built – two fronting New Church Road, and the other fronting Welbeck Avenue.

Numbers 161 & 163 – These two houses had gardens substantial enough to allow for some in-filling. In 1993 an additional house was built between numbers 161 and 163, and another between numbers 163 and 165. The new houses were given the numbers 163A and 165A. One house was built by the Wood Brothers and in March 1994 it went on sale for £165,000.

Number 185 – The Parents National Education Union school (PNEU) was once located at this address.

Famous Residents

The Boulting Brothers – From around 1921 to 1925 Mr and Mrs Boulting lived at a house in New Church Road, on the corner of Richardson Road, and in their day it was called Northcotes. They were the parents of twin sons John and Roy who were born on 21 November 1913 in Bray, Berkshire, and went on to become important figures in British cinema. Their introduction to the world of film started early on at the age of seven. This was because their nanny was an avid film fan, and she took the boys to the cinema no less than four times a week. The nanny was also mindful of physical exercise and they went for daily walks. However, she would never venture further than the West Pier because she regarded Brighton as Sin City.

David Quinlan described the boys as ‘lean, lanky, bespectacled British twin brothers, who created trends in British cinema for 25 years’. It is interesting to note that in 1951 they made the official Festival of Britain film The Magic Box, a biography of film pioneer William Friese-Greene who also had Hove connections. The most famous Boulting film was Brighton Rock (1946) starring Richard Attenborough. Other notable films include The Guinea Pig (1949) Private’s Progress (1955) Lucky Jim (1957) and I’m all Right Jack (1959).

Roy Boulting was in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil Way, serving as an ambulance driver at the front line. During the Second World War he was in the Royal Armoured Corps. He was married to the actress Hayley Mills from 1971 to 1977. He died at the age of 87 on 5 November 2001. John Boulting became a flight sergeant in the Second World War. He died at the age of 71 on 17 June 1985.

Frank M. Boyd – was born in Edinburgh in 1863, lived at number 143 (Gresham Lodge) in the 1920s-1930s. He was a journalist and painter and founder of The Pelican 1889-1917. He published the Pelican’s Tale (Fifty Years of London and Elsewhere) in 1919 and contributed regularly to various journals and magazines.

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Standing in isolation in New Church Road are the semi-detached houses, Grosvenor House (217) and Gresham Lodge (215). Frank Boyd lived at 215. In later years these houses were renumbered 147 and 143.
In the foreground is the Aldrington's Motor Gymkhana of 1910

Dame Clara Butt – It is said that her friend Edward Lloyd, who lived at Hassenden, New Church Road, from around 1898 to 1900, leased the house to her for a short while, but Butt’s main connection with Hove was her flat at St Aubyns Mansions where there is a blue plaque in her honour. When Edward Lloyd gave his farewell concert on 12 December 1900, Clara Butt sang. Lloyd also came out of retirement to sing at one of Clara Butt’s concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on 18 October 1902.

Sir Ernest Cecil Cochrane – lived at number 2, Cranley Court in the 1940s. His full title was “Baronet Cochrane of Woodbrook, Old Connaught, Bray in County Wicklow and Lisgar Castle, Ballieborough in County Cavan”. He was a former Captain in the Connaught Rangers. Cochrane was a barrister and admitted to the Inner Temple in 1904. He was Gentleman-in-Waiting to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1908 and 1909. He was a dramatist and under the pen-name of Ernest Cecil produced A Matter of Fact (Comedy Theatre, 1921) and Monica (Everyman Theatre, 1924). He was chairman of Cantrell & Cochrane Ltd, (mineral and aerated waters manufacturers in Dublin).

Cochrane was a well known figure in the world of top racing deals, for example in Brighton, he once paid 4,500 guineas without seeing the racing horse he was buying. In 1905 Sir Ernest was quoted in the New York Times as ‘offering to build America’s Cup Challenge, football is his only hobby, if he can introduce Anglo-American games into it, he will be content.’ Cochrane had taken a football team to America in 1905 called The Pilgrims with which he callenged the Americans to take up Association Football by offering a $525 prize and a cup. ($525 = $16000 in 2012).

Sir Ernest was the author of the 1910 Spalding’s Official Association “Soccer” Football Guide.

Stanley William Adcock Cushman – He was born on 24 January 1904, the eldest son of C. W. A Cushman, who clocked up 40 years on Hove Council, and was Mayor of Hove 1919-1922, and his wife Mrs Nellie Louise Cushman, who was a Hove councillor for 37 years. The couple celebrated their Golden Wedding in October 1949, and by this time they were living in Whychcote, Portslade. Young Stanley attended Hove College where he enjoyed playing cricket and football, and he later played cricket for the Brunswick Club in Hove. During the 1930s he resided in Roseny House, New Church Road. It was while he was living there that he and the author S. P. B. Mais, who owned a house in Southwick, became involved in the famous Battle of the Green. This was triggered by Southwick Council banning the playing of cricket on Southwick Village Green. The edict caused uproar, and far from obeying the new rules, the furious cricketers got together and staged a defiant game of cricket on the Green they had always been accustomed to use. The controversy aroused national interest, and at first Southwick councillors resolved to institute proceedings against the ‘illegal players’. But popular opinion was against them, and it was not long before the ruling was overturned. In 1943 Stanley Cushman moved to Henfield, where he took up bowls with enthusiasm.

Hebe Elsna – (1890-1983) In 1964 the prolific author decided to take a flat in New Church Road for the winter. By this time she had penned some 170 novels and plays at the rate of around five or six a year. But originally, she thought her future career lay on the stage and she attended RADA, and it was while she was still acting that she started to write. She was born at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, and her Christian names were Dorothy Phoebe Ansle; her first book was published in 1928 when she used the name Hebe Elsna – she used other names too – Lyndon Snow, Laura Conway and Vicky Lancaster, while in private life she was Mrs Keogh. Her final tally of books came to over 200 works.

Marjorie Ann Flinn – was an opera singer who lived at number 150, she joined the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1934 playing soprano parts for seven years before becoming Principal at Blackpool with On With The Show. During the Second World War she made many radio broadcasts for the BBC as guest soprano notably with Charles Shadwell in The Navy Mixture and Worker’s Playtime.

Betty Frankiss – the vocalist and variety artist lived at number 78a. She regularly performed at the Savoy Theatre and London Hippodrome. At the Victoria Palace in Me And My Girl she performed in the presence of the King and Queen. During the Second World War she performed for the BBC and all over the UK in variety programmes including Worker’s Playtime. Betty was the daughter of the silent film actor and comedian Harry Frankiss and the actress and singer Madge Vincent.

Alec Stansbury Higgs (1890-1970) – lived at number 73. He was a publisher trading under the name of Aston Rivers Ltd and was also an author who wrote under the pen-name of Alec Stansbury. Alec wrote the following novels:- Silent Dominion (1925), Searchlight (1925), Charred Wood (1927), Not in the Earthquake (1928), Cupid Painted Blind (1929) and Cocoon (1931).

William Allin Hounsom – lived at number 41 (Clevelands). He had a number of business interests and he was chairman of Crowborough District Water Company for 30 years and chairman of directors of the Steyning and District Water Company. He was a member of the Shoreham Harbour Trustees and a trustee of the River Adur Navigation. He was also interested in sport, being a life member of the Sussex County Cricket Club and a pioneer member of Hove Bowling Club, sending down the first jack in 1896. He served as a JP and as the Sussex Daily News remarked in 1934, ‘it seems rather curious now to recall that when he was made a County Magistrate in 1894 (being the first Liberal to be appointed to the Steyning District) there was quite a little flutter.’ In 1912 he was appointed chairman of the Bench and he did not resign until 1931. He was joint treasurer with the Revd AD Spong of the building fund that led to the creation of Rutland Hall in Rutland Road. When the hall was sold in the 1930s for £2,000 the money went towards the new Hounsom Memorial Church in Nevill Avenue, which was named after him. He died on 28 January 1934 aged 85. His funeral was held at the Cliftonville Congregational Church of which he had been an active member.

Colonel John Irvine Lang-Hyde, C.M.G., O.B.E., F.R.G.S., – lived at number 49 in the 1900s. He was born in 1866 in Willowdale, Ontario, Canada, and served with the Royal Engineers designing fortifications in Esquimalt on Vancouver Island. Later on in his army career he served as a Boundary Commissioner for the Gold Coast Colony and Nigeria. For his services in Africa he was awarded the Order of St Michael & St George. He died in 1940 in the Channel Islands.

Nigel Kennedy – His father was principal cellist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, while his mother and grandmother both gave piano lessons, and so there were plenty of musical genes in his ancestry. Nigel Kennedy was born on 28 December 1956 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, and he was brought up in a flat in Regency Square, Brighton, which was rented from a dentist who ran his dental practice on the ground floor. He used to love going up in the attic from where he had a good view of the sea, and could watch any boats that might be sailing past. But he was raised by his mother and grandmother, his father having decamped to Australia before he was even born. His first experience of school was at a new establishment called The Fold, a Montessori nursery located at 201 New Church Road, and still in existence. His chief memory of his time there was an incident that he claimed to have been carried out by Bertie, his naughty alter ego, which was to smash a bottle over the head of another little boy. The family moved to Lyndhurst Road, Hove, and lived in a terraced house there, after the dentist had decided to sell the house in Regency Square. Kennedy did not see much of Hove because by the age of seven, his exceptional musical talent had already been recognised and he was a pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Leatherhead, Surrey.

Kennedy remembers he felt lonely, being away from home at such a young age. But Menuhin was always very kind to him, and even paid his school fees. Indeed, Menuhin once hoped that Kennedy might take over the running of the school in time. But Kennedy had other ideas and wanted to tread his own path. However, Menuhin meant a great deal to him, and when he died in 1999, Kennedy could not bring himself to attend the funeral because he did not want to believe the great man was dead. Kennedy wanted to bring classical music to the masses, and it was only later on that he began to realise the importance of a good musical education. Kennedy plays a precious violin crafted by Guarnieri del Gesu valued at over £1million, and when he travels, his hotel room must be kept at a constant 55 per cent humidity to protect the instrument. His recoding of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons soared into the pop charts and became the biggest selling classical album of all time. In 1990 he gave a performance with Brighton & Hove Philharmonic Orchestra at the Dome for a reduced fee, and the concert was a sell-out.

Marion Horton Ledger, – an actress who lived at Ranmore with her parents, her father was a Brighton Estate Agent, below is an account of her war work in 1917.

Edward Lloyd – This famous London-born English tenor had a long connection with Hove because he lived at 43 Medina Villas from 1888 to 1896, and then was to be found at Hassenden, New Church Road until 1900. His wife died at Hove aged 54 on 21 December 1901, while Lloyd died at Worthing on 31 March 1927.

David Mason – He was a band leader, and once had a double act with Ken Lyon, the well-known local musician who also lived at Hove with his wife Velda. Mason died at the age of 75 in August 1993, while Ken Lyon died aged 75 in January 1991.

Professor Roy Newton – Although he came from an Army background, he did not follow the family career path. Instead he enjoyed three separate careers. He worked in the field of rubber technology for seventeen years including a stint in Malaya. He then became interested in the glass industry and worked in it for nineteen years, becoming the founder director of the British Glass Industry Research Association. Finally, upon retiring in 1974, he became a visiting professor at the University of York.

He married Dr Halle Marsten on 29 July 1937, and they lived at 3 Albert Mansions, above Combridges, in Church Road, Hove, until moving into 102 New Church Road in 1946. In 1940 he volunteered to join the 14^th (Hove) Battalion LDV (Local Defence Volunteers later called the Home Guard) and being the youngest officer he was put in charge of 8A Platoon, which was a supernumerary platoon of ‘B’ Company. The platoon had the fittest men in the battalion because there were men employed by Hove Council’s Works Department, and all the 16-year-olds too young to be called-up. In 1942, having recently returned from Battle School, Newton was put in charge of five platoons for a major invasion exercise. Unfortunately, Newton was far too independently-minded for the comfort of his commanding officer who decided to disband 8A platoon forthwith. Newton resigned in disgust, and joined the Brighton Home Guard instead. In 1948 the Newtons moved to Welwyn Garden City.

Charles Nottage – In 1961 he invented the Nottage exhaust filter.

Samuel Frederick Pells – lived at number 313 (St Mary’s), in the 1920s. He was a renowned Biblical Scholar.

Samuel Pells' publications:-

The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament, Volume 1 (1904).

The Old Covenant, Commonly Called the Old Testament, Volume 2 (1907).

Texts of the Bible and Our English Translations: With Appendix Containing Chapters on the Apocryphal Books, and the Defects of the Common English Bible (1911).

The Church's Ancient Bible; the Septuagint, the Old Latin, the Latin Vulgate (1912).

Bernard Quaritch (1871-1913) – He died on 27 August 1913 at Myrton Lodge, New Church Road. He had moved to this address from Fuji-San in Pembroke Crescent. At the age of 28 he succeeded his father as the ‘First Bookseller in Europe’. Bernard inherited the company from his German born father Bernard Alexander Christian Quaritch (1819-1899), who had founded the company in London in 1847 and at his death in 1899, The Times described Bernard A. C. Quaritch as ‘the greatest bookseller who ever lived’.

Bernard Falk (1882-1960) who later lived at Hove, wrote in the 1930s ‘The late Sir Leicester Harmsworth was an assiduous collector of rare first editions and manuscripts, usually bought through Quaritch’s’. Quaritch also provided rare items for serious collectors with serious money such as the multi-millionaire J. Pierpoint Morgan, and others of that ilk. However, it is sad to reflect that Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) brought along the first edition of his translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam to Quaritch’s but it failed to sell, and most copies were either given away or placed in the penny box. Since then of course, it has become very popular with special illustrated editions produced such as the one with colour plates by the eminent artist Edmund Dulac. Quaritch did stump up the money on occasions – for instance he paid £5,600 for William Blake’s original drawings for The Book of Job, and £1,500 to acquire the Bible belonging to Robert Burns.

Fanny Prescott Radley – lived at number 8, she was the mother of one of the early English aviators James Radley (1884-1959). James flew in many biplane air races both home and abroad, he and Gordon England designed the Radley-England Seaplane in 1912, the first triple-engine machine in the World. James Radley was a friend of Graham Gilmore who flew to Brunswick Lawns on the 7 May 1911.

Isobel Sloan – She was born in Northern Ireland, but later on she lived at Hove, off and on, for 30 years, and latterly at Cranley Court, New Church Road. She was a Quaker and a Fabian, and was a friend of Bernard Shaw. She worked in the East End of London with the famous Mary Macarthur, a pioneer of industrial rights and equalities. Sloan was one of the country’s first Industrial Commissioners, being appointed in 1915, In 1921 she was sent to the International Labour Office in Geneva as an assessor. She received the OBE in 1936, and retired in 1938; in 1965 she was aged 84.

Miscellaneous

Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land – This organisation owes its origins to a rather sad little black and white donkey aged ten that was suffering from neglect and was later named Donk. It was an air-hostess from New Church Road, Lucy Fensom, who came across Donk in 1990 in Israel, and in 1992 she put Donk into an animal sanctuary there. However, she had no idea that the poor creature would receive no exercise and hooves went untreated. In 1996 her parents went to visit Donk while they were on holiday in Israel, and found the sanctuary in a state of decay. Then came the battle to have Donk flown to Britain. He arrived at Heathrow on 23 September 1998, and the event made national news. Donk was able to enjoy a few months of care and pleasant surrounding before dying suddenly of a heart attack in August 1999 after he had been frolicking around a field at a rescue sanctuary. By July 2000 Lucy Felsom had decided to go to Israel and set up a shelter for donkeys on some land between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, but she needed to raise £52,000. The WSPA gave £38,000 towards the project, and the Safe Haven was set up in 2000. In February 2002 it was stated that readers of the Mail on Sunday had donated more than £100,000 for the Haven where 45 abandoned donkeys lived. Today the much-needed sanctuary is still in action and cares for around 200 abandoned donkeys.

Hove Planning Approvals

1895 – T. H. Scutt for S. Richardson, two pairs of semi-detached villas

1896 – T. T. Waddell for J. S. & C. F. Beale, 24 semi-detached villas on the north side

1896 – Alfred Carden for Miss Ledger, detached household

1897 – T. F. Waddell, house on the corner of Station Road (now Boundary Road)

1899 – Kerridge & Kerridge for J. J. Clark, detached house, south side

1900 – Lainson & Son for H. Lewer, eight houses, south side

1900 – A. R. Farr for H. Lewer, three houses, on corner of Station Road (now Boundary Road)

1900 – A. E. Lewer, detached house near Walsingham Road

1901 – Pells Brothers, detached house, by Glebe Villas

1902 – W. H. Sanders for E. J. E. Coles, nine house adjoining and west of St Leonard’s Chuch

1902 – G. M. Jay one pair semi-detached villas, south side

1903 – W. A. McKellar, flats on the corner of Langdale Gardens

1904 – J. W. Blackman for R. T. Stoneham, block plan of houses on corner of St Leonard’s Road showing drainage

1904 – Turner & Holditch for E. Holsworth, detached house, north side

1904 – J. W. Blackman for E. Gladman, one household

1904 – Overton & Scott for Messrs Whillier & Son, four pairs semi-detached houses, north side

1904 – S. James for A. Chadwell, one semi-detached house, south side, near Hove Street

1904 – Overton & Scott for Whillier & Son, nine detached houses, north side

1905 – E. Holsworth, detached house, north side, near Carlisle Road

1905 – A. Carden for Mrs Simpson, one detached villa, north side

1906 – T. Garrett for Whillier & Son, two pairs semi-detached houses, north side

1906 – S. Walter, one pair semi-detached houses, north side, west of brick-fields

1907 – J. W. Blackman for Smale & Sons, one pair semi-detached villas opposite St Leonard’s Church

1907 – E. Birch for J. T. South, two pairs semi-detached villas, north side

1907 – E. Birch for J. T. Scott, detached house, corner of Portland Villas

1907 – Overton & Scott for Rose & Glover, one pair of houses, north side, near Portland Villas

1906 – Meaken, Archer & Stoneham, two pairs semi-detached houses, south side, opposite Leicester Villas

1908 – E. Birch for J. Flinn, detached house, corner of Glebe Villas

1908 – T. H. Blackwell for Mr Smale, one pair semi-detached houses near St Leonard’s Road

1910 – R. S. Arden for Albery & Lawrence, West Hove Club, north side opposite Carlisle Road

1912 – T. Bettesworth for Mr Gladman, one house, south side

1912 – F. G. Lacey, detached house, south side, corner of Westbourne Villas

1914 – Clayton & Black for J. Bradford, five detached houses, south side

1914 – C. G. Carvill, one house, north side

1919 – A Carden for Mrs Jolly, detached house

1920 – Pair of semi-detached houses, north side

1921 – G. B. Carvill for Stretton’s Trustees, two detached houses, south side

1921 – C. J. Kerridge for J. R. Wilcocks, bungalow, south side

1921 – F. T. Wilson & Sons for C. B. Woodhams, bungalow, south side

1922 – P. B. Stoneham for C. B. Woodhams, detached house, south side

1922 – W. H. Overton for A. Deathridge, detached house, north side

1922 – G. Wright for J. Montgomery, bungalow, north side

1922 – J. Parsons & Sons for Dr. W. Roughton, bungalow, north side

1925 – H. C. Hillier, pair of semi-detached houses, south side

1925 – F. G. Garrod for Mr A. Bolla, detached house, south side

1925 – A. F. Liddle for H. Tettersell, detached house, south side

1925 – A. F. & R. L. Le Maitre, pair of semi-detached houses, north side

1926 – W. H. Forder for E. Morgan, detached house, south side, between Carlisle and Langdale Roads

1926 – F. Brooksbank, detached house, garage and store, near St Philip’s Church

1926 – T. Beswarick for Mrs Dearden, detached house, north side, south-east corner of Portland Avenue

1926 - W. A. Gates & Sons for A. R. Wilson, detached house and garage, south side

1926 – P. G. May for H. Tettersell, detached house and garage, south side

1926 – A. F. Le Maitre, six garages, north side

1927 – E. A. Weir for A. W. Avery, detached house and garage, south-west corner Portland Villas

1927 – Hunter & Bedford for F. H. Butler, pair of semi-detached houses, at Braemore Road

1927 – E. J. Love for Worthing Estates Building Co. pair of semi-detached houses, south side, near Brittany Road

1927 – Hunter & Bedford for Mrs R. I. N. Gibson, detached house, north side

1927 – Hunter & Bedford for J. Butler, detached house and garage near Braemore Road

1927 – Mr Le Maitre, block of flats, north side

1927 – A. F. Le Maitre, pair of semi-detached houses, north side

1927 – Denman & Son for T. R. Braybon, two pairs semi-detached houses, north side

1928 – E. J. Love for G. H. Worton, pair semi-detached houses, north side, at Richardson Road

1928 – W. H. White for W. Lusty, detached house, and chauffeur’s quarters, north side

1928 – W. F. Andrews for E. Davis, estate office, south side, at Derek Avenue

1928 – E. W. Long for F. W. Willeringhouse, detached house, north side

1928 – Hunter & Bedford for W. J. Keene, pair semi-detached houses, south side

1928 – Penty & Farrar for Dr F. W. Gibbon, detached house, at Hogarth Road

1928 – J. J. Rainbird, detached house, north-east corner of Langdale Road

1928 – W. F. Andrews for E. Davis, two semi-detached houses, north side

Please see under separate page headings:

Hove Museum

Lady Chichester Hospital

St Leonard’s Church

St Philip’s Church

Sources

Argus 21/7/06 / 17/3/18 / 14/4/18 / 6/8/18 / 14/3/19 / 22/3/19 / 24/6/19)

Brighton & Hove Independent (29/7/16 / 18/11/16 / 15/3/19)

Daily Mail (22/6/19)

Encyclopaedia of Hove and Portslade

Hove Council Minutes

Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove

Rudgewick Preservation Society

West Hove Directory (July 2018)

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