Lansdowne Place

Postcard of Lansdowne Place Hove, c1910 to 1920s.

This road was originally named Wick Road as it ran from Wick Farm to the seafront. In 1834 it was renamed Lansdowne Place after the 3rd Marquis Lansdowne.

Local architect Charles Augustin Busby began work on the series of houses on Wick Road late in 1827. Towards the end of his life, he and his family lived at 2 Lansdowne Place.

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    Seven Dials

    Photograph of Seven Dials, c1946.

    The name Seven Dials derives from the seven roads that feed into the roundabout.

    The roundabout was constructed in 1925. Two years later, a system of semaphore signals was established to control traffic.

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      South Road

      Postcard of South Road in Preston c,1910.

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        Duke of York’s Theatre

        Photograph of the Duke of York’s Theatre, 1910.

        Having opened in Septemer 1910, the Duke of York’s is said to be the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain. It was built by Violet Melnotte, a stage performer and theatre manager, who clearly saw a business opportunity in the new medium of film.

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          Bevendean Sanatorium

          Magic lantern slide of Bevendean Sanatorium.

          Bevendean Sanatorium was built in 1881 and was used to treat patients with contagious diseases such as smallpox.

          The sanatorium originally consisted of a North and South block which were effectively wooden huts. These soon proved inadequate so Brighton Corporation took out a loan to construct new buildings.

          In 1896 Borough Engineer and Surveyor, Francis J. C. May was charged with designing the new sanatorium. It opened in 1898 as the Brighton Borough Sanatorium.

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            Prince Albert Street

            Photograph of Prince Albert Street, 1938.

            Prince Albert Street was built in 1842. It was designed to link West Street to Brighton Town Hall and the regular market that took place outside of the building.

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              Academy Cinema

              Photograph of the Academy cinema, 1935.

              The Academy Cinema was opened by Brighton’s deputy mayor Alderman Edward Geere on 6 June 1911.

              The building originally housed the Brighton Hammam Turkish baths, which opened in 1868. The building continued to be used for bathing until 1910, when it was sold to E E Lyons and converted into the Academy Cinema.

              In November 1926 the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation bought the Academy, along with 15 of Lyons’ cinemas. A cinema continued to be operated on the site until January 1973.

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                Old Steine

                Photograph of Old Steine, 1940s.

                The Old Steine was originally an area of green land where fishermen would dry their nets and stow boats. As Brighton became a growing seaside resort, the area became lined with housing for wealthy residents.

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                  Hanningtons Depository 

                  Photograph of Hanningtons Depository.

                  The drapery shop Hanningtons opened on 25 July 1808, at the bottom of North Street. In 1816 the owner, Smith Hannington, received an inheritance from his mother which allowed him to purchase further retail property on the street. The business continued to expand through the 19th century and became Brighton’s largest department store.

                  The depository in this photograph was constructed in 1901 and used to store goods that could be transported to the shop when necessary.

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                    Lancing College

                    Photograph of Lancing College.

                    Lancing College was founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard, a Church of England priest. It was the first of eleven schools to be founded by Woodard across England with an education system based upon ‘sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly founded in the Christian faith’.

                    The chapel in the background of the photograph had its foundation stone laid down in 1868 and was designed by R H Carpenter and William Slater. The chapel remains unfinished to this day.

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                    Photograph of Embassy Court Brighton

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