| Grand Avenue Mansions | |
|---|---|
_(2).JPG) Grand Avenue Mansions from the southeast | |
  Location in the city of Brighton and Hove | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mansion flats |
| Architectural style | Victorian |
| Address | Grand Avenue, Hove BN3 2NA |
| Town or city | Brighton and Hove |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°49′38″N 0°10′08″W / 50.8271°N 0.1690°W |
| Construction started | 17 January 1883 |
| Completed | 1883 |
| Renovated | 1981–82 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Gault brick |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Main contractor | J.T. Chappell |
| Renovating team | |
| Renovating firm | Barratt 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 edit
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 edit
Grand Avenue Mansions is part of The Avenues conservation area,[8] one of 34 conservation areas in Brighton and Hove[9]
Architecture edit
References edit
- ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 6, p. 61.
- ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 8, p. 184.
- ^ Middleton 2003, Vol. 7, pp. 118–119.
- ^ Middleton 2002, Vol. 2, p. 133.
- ^ a b Middleton 2003, Vol. 6, p. 62.
- ^ "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) - ^ 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)
- ^ "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) - ^ "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.
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Bibliography edit
- 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.
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External links edit
Media related to Grand Avenue Mansions, Hove at Wikimedia Commons
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1883 Category:Victorian architecture Category:Apartment buildings in England Category:Houses in Brighton and Hove