Southdown House
Southdown House is a Grade II* listed building in Patcham, Brighton and Hove, England. It is a Georgian house made out of brick and flint, and is now situated at 51 Old London Road.[1][a]
History
[edit]The exact date of the construction of Southdown House is unknown, however it is believed to have been built in the early eighteenth century, in a cluster of thirteen buildings in Patcham. The house is in the largest cluster of eighteenth century buildings in Brighton and Hove.[2] The two-storey house was built out of brick and flint, and contains five bays.[3] Originally, the house had adjacent stables, which were converted into a house in the twentieth century; that building is now a Grade II listed building.[1][2][4] In 1906, the house is recorded as being owned by a Major Howard Vyse Welch, who was a judge at that year's Sussex County Show, and fought in the East Surrey Regiment during the First World War.[5][6][7] The house was later owned by a man named Eric Poore, who died in 1953; at the time, the estate was valued at £30,104.[8] The house became a Grade II* listed building in 1952, and a late nineteenth or early twentieth century lamppost outside the property was listed as a Grade II listed building in 1999.[9][10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Formerly London Road.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The streets of Brighton & Hove". Brighton History. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ a b Harris, Roland B. "Brighton & Hove Historic Character Assessment Report" (PDF) (pdf). Brighton and Hove City Council. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. Yale University Press. p. 459. ISBN 0300096771. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "49, Old London Road (1380629)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "The Sussex County Show". Sussex Agricultural Express. 21 July 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 30 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The London Gazette, 10 November, 1914" (PDF). The London Gazette (pdf). 10 November 1914. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ "Major Howard Vyse WELCH. The East Surrey Regiment". The National Archives. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ ""My Curse on Tax Inspectors", He Didn't Like England Either". Derry Journal. 9 November 1953. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Historic England. "Southdown House and Attached Walls and Piers and Railings (1380631)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- ^ Historic England. "Lamp Post Opposite 51 London Road (1380634)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
