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Grand Avenue Mansions
Grand Avenue Mansions from the southeast
Hassocks5489/Brighton Church Sandbox 2 is located in Brighton & Hove
Hassocks5489/Brighton Church Sandbox 2
Location in the city of Brighton and Hove
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeMansion flats
Architectural styleVictorian
AddressGrand Avenue, Hove BN3 2NA
Town or cityBrighton and Hove
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates50°49′38″N 0°10′08″W / 50.8271°N 0.1690°W / 50.8271; -0.1690
Construction started17 January 1883
Completed1883
Renovated1981–82
Technical details
MaterialGault brick
Floor count5
Design and construction
Main contractorJ.T. Chappell
Renovating team
Renovating firmBarratt Southern Properties

Grand Avenue Mansions is a block of mansion flats in Hove, part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. Blurb. It is in a conservation area and is a locally listed building.

History

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Plans were submitted to the council on 17 January 1883 and were certified three days later. London-based builder John T. Chappell built the flats, which were completed later that year. His other works in Hove included nearly half the housing stock on the West Brighton estate,[1] the original Hove Town Hall[2] the town's first hospital[3] and an extension to the Goldstone Pumping Station.[4]

Kathleen, Lady Harmsworth (née Berton), widow of Hildebrand Harmsworth, 1st Baronet, lived at number 3 for 34 years until her death in 1968. Also resident at Grand Avenue Mansions in the 1960s was Milner Holland, lawyer and author of a report into housing conditions in London.[5] Nina Winder Reid, an artist known for her seascape paintings, was born in a flat in the block in 1891.[5][6]

Saunders Alexius Abbott, an army officer in the British East India Company, died at 2 Grand Avenue Mansions, Hove in 1894.[7]

Middleton (1979) pp57–58

Heritage

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Grand Avenue Mansions is part of The Avenues conservation area,[8] one of 34 conservation areas in Brighton and Hove[9]

Architecture

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References

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  1. ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 6, p. 61.
  2. ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 8, p. 184.
  3. ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 7, pp. 118–119.
  4. ^ Middleton 2002, Vol. 2, p. 133.
  5. ^ a b Middleton 2003, Vol. 6, p. 62.
  6. ^ "REID Nina Winder 1891–1975". Artist Biographies Ltd. 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Vetch, R.H. (2004). "Oxford DNB article: Abbott, Augustus". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Revised by R.T. Stearn. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22. Retrieved 12 April 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  8. ^ "The Avenues Conservation Area Character Statement". Brighton & Hove City Council (Design & Conservation Department). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Conservation Areas in Brighton & Hove". Brighton & Hove City Council (Design & Conservation Department). 2010. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

Bibliography

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  • Antram, Nicholas; Morrice, Richard (2008). Brighton and Hove. Pevsner Architectural Guides. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12661-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Middleton, Judy (2003). The Encyclopaedia of Hove & Portslade. Brighton: Brighton & Hove Libraries. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Middleton, Judy (1979). A History of Hove. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. ISBN 0-85033-325-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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Category:Residential buildings completed in 1883 Category:Victorian architecture Category:Apartment buildings in England Category:Houses in Brighton and Hove