Listed buildings in Adur
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The district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex
, has 119 buildings with listed status. The urbanised southern part of the district forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton
conurbation
, and most listed structures are in the three main centres of population: Southwick
, Shoreham-by-Sea
and Lancing
. The towns have grown residentially and industrially in the 20th century, but all three have ancient origins as villages and manors
on the banks of the River Adur
and the English Channel
coast. The rest of Adur district's territory is remote downland
countryside with scattered farms and hamlets
; some of their buildings also have listed status.
In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
, a Government department, in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
(a successor to the 1947 act). English Heritage
, a non-departmental public body
, acts as an agency of this department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest".
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, has 119 buildings with listed status. The urbanised southern part of the district forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton
Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton
The Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation has a population of 461,181 , making it the 12th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom, after Greater Belfast and ahead of Edinburgh. It is England's 10th largest conurbation. Named the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation by the Office...
conurbation
Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of cities, large towns, and other urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area...
, and most listed structures are in the three main centres of population: Southwick
Southwick, West Sussex
Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove...
, Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away...
and Lancing
Lancing, West Sussex
Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north...
. The towns have grown residentially and industrially in the 20th century, but all three have ancient origins as villages and manors
Manorialism
Manorialism, an essential element of feudal society, was the organizing principle of rural economy that originated in the villa system of the Late Roman Empire, was widely practiced in medieval western and parts of central Europe, and was slowly replaced by the advent of a money-based market...
on the banks of the River Adur
River Adur
The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex. The river was formerly navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large port, but over time the river valley became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters nearer...
and the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
coast. The rest of Adur district's territory is remote downland
South Downs
The South Downs is a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose...
countryside with scattered farms and hamlets
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
; some of their buildings also have listed status.
In England, a building or structure is defined as "listed" when it is placed on a statutory register of buildings of "special architectural or historic interest" by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is a department of the United Kingdom government, with responsibility for culture and sport in England, and some aspects of the media throughout the whole UK, such as broadcasting and internet....
, a Government department, in accordance with the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
The Planning Act 1990 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered the laws on granting of planning permission for building works, notably including those of the listed building system in England and Wales....
(a successor to the 1947 act). English Heritage
English Heritage
English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
, a non-departmental public body
Non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body —often referred to as a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies...
, acts as an agency of this department to administer the process and advise the department on relevant issues. There are three grades of listing status. Grade I, the highest, is defined as being of "exceptional interest"; Grade II* is used for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest"; and Grade II, the lowest, is used for buildings of "special interest".
Listed buildings
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| Coombes Church Coombes Church Coombes Church is a Church of England parish church in the rural hamlet of Coombes in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. It has served the rural parish, northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea and next to the River Adur, since the 11th century. Despite several rebuildings, some structural elements... |
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Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8607°N 0.3097°W |
The Anglican Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St... church in the remote hamlet of Coombes has been "folded into the South Downs" since its construction in the 11th century. Features such as a rare Tapsel gate Tapsel gate A Tapsel gate is a type of wooden gate, unique to the English county of Sussex, which has a central pivot upon which it can rotate through 90° in either direction before coming to a stop at two fixed points. It was named after a Sussex family of bell-founders, one of whom invented it in the late... , ancient wall paintings Mural A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of... and an absence of Victorian-era Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence... restoration make the building historically significant. |
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| St Julian's Church St Julian's Church, Kingston Buci St Julian's Church is an Anglican church in Kingston Buci in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex... |
Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8333°N 0.2466°W |
The settlement of Kingston Buci, now surrounded by modern housing, has been served by this stone building since before the Domesday survey Domesday Book Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086... of 1086, and some 11th-century fabric remains—as does a rare medieval anchorite Anchorite Anchorite denotes someone who, for religious reasons, withdraws from secular society so as to be able to lead an intensely prayer-oriented, ascetic, and—circumstances permitting—Eucharist-focused life... cell. |
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| St James the Less Church St James the Less Church, Lancing St James the Less Church is the Anglican parish church of North Lancing, an ancient village which has been absorbed into the modern town of Lancing in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded in the 12th century in the most... |
Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8379°N 0.3226°W |
Lancing's parish church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... , which existed by the 12th century, was rebuilt in the 13th century, but an older doorway and font Baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture or a fixture used for the baptism of children and adults.-Aspersion and affusion fonts:... were preserved. Restoration in the 18th and 19th centuries rescued the church from disrepair. |
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| Lancing College (Chapel) | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8467°N 0.3024°W |
Designed by Richard Herbert Carpenter Richard Carpenter (architect) Richard Herbert Carpenter was an eminent Victorian architect from England.Richard was born 1841 in St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England and died in 1893... for the college's founder Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith... and executed in locally quarried stone by Woodard's son, the gigantic chapel—94 feet (28.7 m) high inside—has been called a "triumph of Woodard's willpower" and is an important example of Gothic Revival architecture Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... . The interior has French Gothic French Gothic architecture French Gothic architecture is a style of architecture prevalent in France from 1140 until about 1500.-Sequence of Gothic styles: France:The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows:* Early Gothic* High Gothic... touches. |
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| St Nicolas' Church St Nicolas' Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Nicolas' Church is an Anglican church in Old Shoreham, an ancient inland settlement that is now part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded on a riverside site by Anglo-Saxons at the... |
Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8408°N 0.2856°W |
Founded before the Norman conquest Norman conquest of England The Norman conquest of England began on 28 September 1066 with the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy. William became known as William the Conqueror after his victory at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, defeating King Harold II of England... to serve Old Shoreham, this riverside church was restored during the Victorian era Victorian era The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence... but still retains many features from its 12th-century rebuilding, including some carvings of King Stephen Stephen of England Stephen , often referred to as Stephen of Blois , was a grandson of William the Conqueror. He was King of England from 1135 to his death, and also the Count of Boulogne by right of his wife. Stephen's reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin and rival, the Empress Matilda... , an elf and a cat. |
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| St Mary de Haura Church St Mary de Haura Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Mary de Haura Church is an Anglican church in the ancient "New Shoreham" area of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex... |
Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8329°N 0.2742°W |
The church dominates the town centre and port of Shoreham-by-Sea, but the present structure is just part of the original building, which may have been an 11th-century collegiate church Collegiate church In Christianity, a collegiate church is a church where the daily office of worship is maintained by a college of canons; a non-monastic, or "secular" community of clergy, organised as a self-governing corporate body, which may be presided over by a dean or provost... . Erosion, storms and lack of use caused most of the building to collapse in the 18th century; parts were salvaged to form the rebuilt church. |
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| Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting The Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, also known as St Mary the Virgin Church and St Mary's Church, is the Church of England parish church of Sompting in the Adur district of West Sussex. It stands on a rural lane north of the urban area that now surrounds the village, and retains much 11th-... |
Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8386°N 0.3518°W |
The "Rhenish helm" spire on the Saxon-era Anglo-Saxon architecture Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066. Anglo-Saxon secular buildings in Britain were generally simple, constructed mainly using timber with thatch for roofing... tower of Sompting's Anglican church is unique in England, and many Norman Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... structural elements remain. Former patrons the Knights Templar Knights Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon , commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders... and Knights Hospitaller Knights Hospitaller The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's... built several extensions to the flint and Caen stone Caen stone Caen stone or Pierre de Caen, is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in northwestern France near the city of Caen.The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago... building. |
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| Lancing College (East and West Quadrangles) | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8462°N 0.3041°W |
Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter Richard Cromwell Carpenter was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style.-Family:... started designing these in 1848, and building work continued after his death in 1855. Later additions by his son Richard Herbert Carpenter Richard Carpenter (architect) Richard Herbert Carpenter was an eminent Victorian architect from England.Richard was born 1841 in St. Pancras, London, Middlesex, England and died in 1893... and Maxwell Ayrton Maxwell Ayrton Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton FRIBA , known as Maxwell Ayrton, was a Scottish architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, and bridges.- Career :... kept up the Gothic Revival style of the original plans, marked by plain flint Flint Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and... with stone dressings and parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... s. |
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| Lancing College (Great School) | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8466°N 0.3045°W |
Richard Herbert Carpenter's school hall and classrooms of 1877 onwards was described as "ugly" by Nikolaus Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture... , who praised the rest of the college buildings. The Gothic-style buildings are of flint and sandstone Sandstone Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,... . The main hall has a clerestorey and a crown post King post A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:... ceiling of oak beams. |
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| Shoreham Airport Shoreham Airport - Sussex Police Air Operations Unit :The Sussex Police Air Operations Unit is headquartered at Shoreham Airport. The unit has been equipped since February 2000 with a MD Explorer, registered as "G-SUSX". The unit is headed by a Police Inspector, assisted by a Police Sergeant and two Police... |
Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8335°N 0.2907°W |
Stavers Hessell Tiltman's Art Deco Art Deco Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and... /Streamline Moderne Streamline Moderne Streamline Moderne, sometimes referred to by either name alone or as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style which emerged during the 1930s... terminal building of 1935 opened on 13 June 1936 and is still in use. The airport is Britain's oldest licenced airfield. The original steel-framed structure Steel frame Steel frame usually refers to a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal -beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame... clad in cement and concrete is still mostly intact, although some additions have been made. |
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| Shoreham Tollbridge Shoreham Tollbridge Shoreham Tollbridge is a bridge crossing the River Adur in West Sussex, England. It is the last of its kind in Sussex and one of the last of its kind anywhere in the world.-Old Shoreham Tollbridge:... |
Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8320°N 0.2762°W |
This former tollbridge was built in 1781 across the River Adur River Adur The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex. The river was formerly navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large port, but over time the river valley became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters nearer... to link Old Shoreham with Lancing. It was rebuilt in 1916, and only pedestrians are now able to use the 500 feet (152.4 m) structure. The arch is supported on 27 timber spans, some with metal reinforcements. |
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| Marlipins Museum Marlipins Museum Marlipins Museum, is a 12th to early 13th century Grade II* listed building on the High Street in Shoreham-by-Sea, a town in Adur district in West Sussex, England... |
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Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8407°N 0.2891°W |
Shoreham's only secular building of Norman origin Norman architecture About|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the... dates from about 1100 and retains one window from that time, but its rebuilding in about 1330 gave it the appearance it has now. The chequerboard Checkerboard A checkerboard or chequerboard is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts is played. It is an 8×8 board and the 64 squares are of alternating dark and light color, often red and black.... -style façade has alternating blocks of knapped flint and Caen stone Caen stone Caen stone or Pierre de Caen, is a light creamy-yellow Jurassic limestone quarried in northwestern France near the city of Caen.The limestone is a fine grained oolitic limestone formed in shallow water lagoons in the Bathonian Age about 167 million years ago... . It has been a market house, a customs house and a courtroom, and is now a museum. |
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| St Michael and All Angels Church St Michael and All Angels Church, Southwick St Michael and All Angels Church is an Anglican church in the town of Southwick in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex... |
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Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8349°N 0.2413°W |
The tower and spire of Southwick's parish church had to be rebuilt piece by piece after a World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... bomb shattered them, but the building has changed little since the 14th century, when the present nave was added. Fragments of 11th-century work remain in the mostly 12th- and 13th-century flint structure. |
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| 49 The Green | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8343°N 0.2391°W |
This large early 18th-century house, originally a hall, faces Southwick's village green. The L-shaped structure is principally flint with wooden modillions and red brickwork around the windows and on the quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... . The longer side has an eight-sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... range, and the door has a hooded Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... porch with Doric columns Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:... . |
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| Applesham Farmhouse | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8514°N 0.3036°W |
This is the old manor house Manor house A manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes... of the hamlet of Applesham, part of the parish of Coombes. Mostly of irregular flintwork with brick dressings, its age is unknown (although it was in place by the 17th century) and several additions have been made, including a brick-built wing in the 19th century. Some Horsham stonework remains on the roof. |
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| Barn at Applesham Farm | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8520°N 0.3045°W |
Part of the group of buildings at Applesham Farm, this wide structure is of flint with quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... and dressings of red brick. Inside, there is a timber roof structure with tie-beams Tie (engineering) A tie, structural tie, connector, or structural connector is a structural component designed to resist tension. It is the opposite of a strut, which is designed to resist compression. Ties are generally made of galvanized steel... and arched supports. |
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| Church Farmhouse | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8612°N 0.3083°W |
Also called Coombes Farmhouse, this is no later than 17th-century in origin, but additions were made in the 19th century, especially at the rear. The original timber framing and plasterwork was augmented by brick-dressed flint on one bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... , but is visible elsewhere. |
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| Former Stable at Applesham Farm | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8520°N 0.3040°W |
Like the other farm buildings, this is of flint with some red brickwork. Irregularly placed wooden-mullion Mullion A mullion is a vertical structural element which divides adjacent window units. The primary purpose of the mullion is as a structural support to an arch or lintel above the window opening. Its secondary purpose may be as a rigid support to the glazing of the window... ed windows have been inserted in the main façade. The roof has a half-hip. |
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| K6 Telephone Kiosk, Coombes Road | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8616°N 0.3079°W |
This is an example of the standard K6 style of telephone booth designed by Giles Gilbert Scott Giles Gilbert Scott Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station and designing the iconic red telephone box.... in 1935. It is glazed on all four sides, built of red-painted cast iron and topped with a shallow dome-style roof. |
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| Ox Brook Cottage | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8615°N 0.3079°W |
Two cottages share this two-storey building, which existed by the 18th century. The façade has a three-window range and is clad in flint with some brickwork. The slate hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... also has a pentice at one corner, and there is a squat chimney in the centre. |
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| Old Rectory | Coombes Coombes Coombes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England. The village is in the Adur Valley northwest of Shoreham-by-Sea.... 50.8602°N 0.3084°W |
Mentioned in medieval times and built in the 15th century, this is the former clergy house. It is timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... with supporting plasterwork and a later flint wall to the east. The roof has been renewed; it was originally of local stone. It fell into disrepair in the 19th century and was later converted into housing. |
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| Sussex Arms | Fishersgate 50.8311°N 0.2178°W |
This pub Public house A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller... in the Fishersgate area of Southwick, on the Brighton and Hove city boundary, dates from the 1830s. Clad in stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... and with a hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... of slate, it has two storeys topped by a cornice Cornice Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting... and parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... . The door is set in a porch with its own parapet supported by pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s, and there are sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. |
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| Barn northwest of St Julian's Church | Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8336°N 0.2470°W |
This flint structure with some exterior brickwork dates from the 17th century. The tiled hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... slopes steeply almost to ground level at the sides. Two sections, also with hipped roofs, protrude from the sides. The old doors and windows have been replaced. |
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| Old Rectory | Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8334°N 0.2460°W |
Kingston Buci's former rectory Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... was built as a three-bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... house in the early 18th century. An extension was built in the 19th century, when new casement window Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... s were inserted. The local stone and tile roof has a gable and partly hipped, and there are three chimneys. Structurally, flint and brick predominate. |
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| Ruined Dovecote near St Julian's Church | Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8337°N 0.2469°W |
Part of the group of 18th-century buildings around St Julian's Church, this former dovecote Dovecote A dovecote or dovecot is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be square or circular free-standing structures or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. Pigeons and doves were an important food source historically in... is now merely a four-walled open square structure of flint and stone. Stone quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... are prominent. The east wall is much lower and partly open, while the north wall has a former doorway, now blocked. |
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| Shoreham College Shoreham College Shoreham College is an independent day school for boys and girls aged 3 to 16 that is located in Shoreham-by-Sea on the Sussex coast between Brighton and Worthing... |
Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8329°N 0.2467°W |
Built as a house in the early 18th century, this partly knapped flint structure has been extended and altered several times, and has been a private school since 1968. Late 19th-century interior panelwork, doors and a Jacobean-style Jacobean architecture The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England, with whose reign it is associated.-Characteristics:... staircase survive inside. The main wing of the two-storey building has five bays with irregularly spaced sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. |
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| Shoreham Harbour Lighthouse | Kingston Buci Kingston by Sea Kingston by Sea, also known as Kingston Buci, Kingston Bucii or simply Kingston, is a small area in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Although it is now part of a continuous urban area, its origins lay in an ancient village and parish church between Southwick to the east, Shoreham-by-Sea... 50.8312°N 0.2518°W |
Also called Kingston Lighthouse, this small ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... structure was built in 1846. It tapers gradually from the stone plinth Plinth In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests. Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests... , terminating in a wooden lantern room with metal railings, a hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... , a globe and a weather-vane. |
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| Church Farmhouse | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8385°N 0.3224°W |
Although modernised and extended, especially on the north side, this L-shaped house has an 18th-century core. Cement on the ground floor of the five-window façade hides the original flintwork. Red brick quoins, window surrounds and a string course can also be seen. | |||
| Friar's Acre | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8380°N 0.3219°W |
This low-set two-storey timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... cottage—originally the farmhouse of Brickhouse Farm—dates from 1659. Some brickwork and a few flints have been added to augment the timber. The roof is hipped and partly gabled, and supports a chimney which is not original. The diamond-pattern windows are 19th-century. The name has changed many times, most recently in the mid-20th century. |
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| Garden walls at Smithy Cottage | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8386°N 0.3196°W |
This uneven flint wall surrounds the cottage on Mill Road, Lancing. The house was originally a forge Forge A forge is a hearth used for forging. The term "forge" can also refer to the workplace of a smith or a blacksmith, although the term smithy is then more commonly used.The basic smithy contains a forge, also known as a hearth, for heating metals... , hence the name; it was first recorded in 1770, but was probably older. |
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| Grants Manor | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8390°N 0.3202°W |
This timber-framed 17th-century cottage used to be called The Old Posting House. Timber can still be seen on some external walls, but brick of various colours and roughcast hides the rest. The roof is hipped and laid with Horsham stone slabs. The name comes from the Le Graunt family, first recorded in 1200. | |||
| Hawthorn Cottage | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8392°N 0.3192°W |
This two-storey cottage has a three-window range, all fitted with casements Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... and dressed with red brick. Otherwise, the exterior is of flint coated in whitewash. It was originally Number 20 Joyces Cottages, part of a terrace of tenements Apartment An apartment or flat is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building... . |
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| Hoe Court Farmhouse | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8425°N 0.3093°W |
Although built in the 17th century, this former farmhouse does not retain its original appearance as a gable-roofed porch has been added and the walls have been stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... ed. The tiled roof slopes a long way down to the rear. An ancient track (possibly Neolithic Neolithic The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age... ) passes the building. |
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| Lancing College (Fields House) | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8463°N 0.3051°W |
Maxwell Ayrton Maxwell Ayrton Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton FRIBA , known as Maxwell Ayrton, was a Scottish architect. He spent most of his adult life working in London and designed houses, public buildings, and bridges.- Career :... 's extension of 1912–13 completed R.H. Carpenter's work in the upper quadrangle. The Neo-Gothic knapped flint buildings are similar in style to their neighbours. The parapet is castellated Battlement A battlement in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet , in which portions have been cut out at intervals to allow the discharge of arrows or other missiles. These cut-out portions form crenels... , the walls are heavily buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... ed and the casement window Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... s have transoms Transom (architectural) In architecture, a transom is the term given to a transverse beam or bar in a frame, or to the crosspiece separating a door or the like from a window or fanlight above it. Transom is also the customary U.S. word used for a transom light, the window over this crosspiece... and mullion Mullion A mullion is a vertical structural element which divides adjacent window units. The primary purpose of the mullion is as a structural support to an arch or lintel above the window opening. Its secondary purpose may be as a rigid support to the glazing of the window... s. |
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| Monks Farm Presbytery | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8311°N 0.3216°W |
A new Monks Farm replaced this stuccoed farmhouse in 1935. Mostly 18th-century, it timber-framed parts of a 16th-century building inside. Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Douglas Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas , nicknamed Bosie, was a British author, poet and translator, better known as the intimate friend and lover of the writer Oscar Wilde... died there in 1945; nine years later it became a Roman Catholic chapel which eventually held 200 worshippers. It became the presbytery Rectory A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title... when a new church was built next to it 1972. |
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| Old Cottage | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8385°N 0.3208°W |
This timber-framed cottage is believed to be 17th-century. Plasterwork now fills the gaps between the timbers, and the roof is thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates... . The upper storey is jettied Jettying Jettying is a building technique used in medieval timber frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the available space in the building without obstructing the street... on the north side. |
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| Old Farmhouse | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8440°N 0.3015°W |
The former College Farm (known before that as Burvills Farm) is in the grounds of Lancing College. It is L-shaped and was built in two parts: the oldest is 17th-century, and another wing was added early in the 19th century. This is mainly flint with some red-brick dressings, while the older part is brick and tile-hung. Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith... bought it in 1852 to build the college. |
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| Old Salts Farmhouse | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8274°N 0.3078°W |
Two sections of two storeys run side by side, a wing projects to form an L shape and a one-storey lean-to stands at the opposite end of this cobbled 18th-century farmhouse. The farm was probably part of the Adur estuary Estuary An estuary is a partly enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.... at the time of the Domesday survey Domesday Book Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086... in 1086, indicating the extent to which the coastline has changed. |
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| Shoreham Airport (Municipal Hangar) | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8331°N 0.2917°W |
Boulton & Paul Ltd Boulton & Paul Ltd Boulton & Paul was a British general manufacturer from Norwich that became involved in aircraft manufacture.Jeld Wen Inc, bought Boulton & Paul Boulton & Paul was a British general manufacturer from Norwich that became involved in aircraft manufacture.Jeld Wen Inc, bought Boulton & Paul Boulton &... erected this steel-framed hangar in 1935 for the new Shoreham Airport. Its walls are concrete and brick. Two metal sliding doors allow the north wall to be opened wide. The framework survived when the hangar was bombed in 1941, although the walls and asbestos and corrugated metal roof were destroyed. Despite this, its appearance has changed little since the 1930s. |
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| Smithy Cottage | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8387°N 0.3198°W |
This wide two-storey cottage with a four-window range dates from approximately 1800. The walls are flint with red brickwork around the sash and casement windows and at the quoins, and the roof is of slate. | |||
| Twitten Cottage | Lancing Lancing, West Sussex Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north... 50.8392°N 0.3189°W |
The east side of the roof of this small late 17th- or early 18th-century house is a steeply sloping pentice, and the south wall has tiles and stucco; elsewhere, flint and red bricks are used. The windows are sashes. It was originally a tenement let on a quarterly tenancy. | |||
| Hollies | Lower Cokeham, Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8311°N 0.3373°W |
This slate-roofed cottage was originally detached when built in the 19th century, but a modern house now adjoins it. There is a three-window range and an off-centre brick porch with a gabled roof. The windows are surrounded by brickwork, but flint cobbles are the main building material. | |||
| Manor Cottage | Lower Cokeham, Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8280°N 0.3362°W |
Originally attributed to the 17th century, this thatched Wealden hall house Wealden hall house The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman's house traditional in the south east of England. It is most common in Kent and the east of Sussex but has also been built elsewhere... is now thought to be a century older. The brick ground floor dates from a 19th-century renovation, and the porch is more recent. The rest of the structure is timber-framed with some plasterwork. |
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| Former Erringham Chapel Erringham chapel Erringham chapel is a former place of worship in the deserted medieval village of Old Erringham, north of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex... |
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The medieval village Deserted medieval village In the United Kingdom, a deserted medieval village is a former settlement which was abandoned during the Middle Ages, typically leaving no trace apart from earthworks or cropmarks. If there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more... of Old Erringham had a chapel of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... , served from St Nicolas' Church at Old Shoreham St Nicolas' Church, Shoreham-by-Sea St Nicolas' Church is an Anglican church in Old Shoreham, an ancient inland settlement that is now part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex. It was founded on a riverside site by Anglo-Saxons at the... , between the 11th and 15th centuries. The former chancel survives as a barn. |
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| Old Erringham Farmhouse | Old Erringham 50.8565°N 0.2885°W |
The land has been farmed for many centuries, but the present farmhouse is a 16th-century open hall-house Wealden hall house The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman's house traditional in the south east of England. It is most common in Kent and the east of Sussex but has also been built elsewhere... . Large chimney-stacks have been added to the flint and stone building. An extension at the rear houses the entrance and a lancet window Lancet window A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first... . |
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| 4 and 5 The Street | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8422°N 0.2820°W |
These two cottages are the surviving part of a former terrace built in the early 18th century. They are mostly of flint and brick with some weatherboarding Weatherboarding Weatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another, either vertically or horizontally on the outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides... and cobblestones. The tiled roofs have three dormer windows which form part of a small upper storey. All windows are casements. |
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| 108–110 Connaught Avenue | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8397°N 0.2847°W |
This pair of cottages, under the same thatched roof Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates... , may be as old as the late 16th century. The two-storey rendered Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... building has uneven walls causing the ends to be different widths. The façade has nine irregularly spaced windows and two entrance doors |
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| Adur Lodge and garden wall | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8426°N 0.2812°W |
When Old Shoreham Farm was leased out in 1832, this house formed part of the estate and was described as "recently built". It is mostly of flint cobbles with some red brickwork, although the east wall was refaced in plaster in the 19th century. A ground-floor veranda is decorated with anthemion motifs Palmette The palmette is a motif in decorative art which, in its most characteristic expression, resembles the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree. It has an extremely long history, originating in Ancient Egypt with a subsequent development through the art of most of Eurasia, often in forms that bear... . The slate roof has dormers. |
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| Barn northeast of Old Shoreham Farmhouse | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8407°N 0.2842°W |
This barn is not as old as the farm, but certainly existed by the early 19th century. The walls are of flint with some red brickwork, and the roof is laid with tiles. Inside, a diagonal purlin Purlin In architecture or structural engineering or building, a purlin is a horizontal structural member in a roof. Purlins support the loads from the roof deck or sheathing and are supported by the principal rafters and/or the building walls, steel beams etc... survives on the timber roof. |
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| Hunter's Moon Cottage | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8416°N 0.2837°W |
One of a few old cottages to survive in Old Shoreham as urbanisation increased, this has 16th-century origins as a single house. It was divided into two in the 18th century. Timber framing Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... survives inside, and a small exposed section is visible on the outside; red brickwork, plaster infill and flint predominate otherwise. The roof is thatched Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates... . Both floors have five windows. |
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| Old Malt Cottage | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8395°N 0.2846°W |
This 17th-century thatched-roofed Thatching Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge , rushes, or heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. It is a very old roofing method and has been used in both tropical and temperate climates... barn was turned into a pair of cottages in the 20th century. The roof extends forward a long way, obscuring much of the 1½-storey façade—especially on the left side, which only has windows on the ground floor. |
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| Old School House | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8404°N 0.2854°W |
Old Shoreham's former village school is now three houses. The cruciform Cruciform Cruciform means having the shape of a cross or Christian cross.- Cruciform architectural plan :This is a common description of Christian churches. In Early Christian, Byzantine and other Eastern Orthodox forms of church architecture this is more likely to mean a tetraconch plan, a Greek cross,... Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... building still has lancet Lancet window A lancet window is a tall narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural motif are most often found in Gothic and ecclesiastical structures, where they are often placed singly or in pairs.The motif first... and trefoil Trefoil Trefoil is a graphic form composed of the outline of three overlapping rings used in architecture and Christian symbolism... windows with tracery Tracery In architecture, Tracery is the stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. The term probably derives from the 'tracing floors' on which the complex patterns of late Gothic windows were laid out.-Plate tracery:... . The walls, of flint cobblestones and brown brick, stand on a plinth Plinth In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests. Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests... of cement. |
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| Old Shoreham Farmhouse | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8407°N 0.2842°W |
Now a private house, this early 18th-century farmhouse has cobbled flintwork and yellow brickwork to the quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... and windows. The mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... has a chimney at one end. The three-bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... façade has three regularly spaced sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. |
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| Red Lion Inn Red Lion Inn, Shoreham-by-Sea The Red Lion Inn is an 18th-century public house in the ancient Old Shoreham part of the town of Shoreham-by-Sea, in the Adur district of West Sussex, England. Established in the 18th century in part of a former monastery and cottage in the centre of Old Shoreham, opposite the village's former... |
Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8401°N 0.2858°W |
This 18th-century inn INN InterNetNews is a Usenet news server package, originally released by Rich Salz in 1991, and presented at the Summer 1992 USENIX conference in San Antonio, Texas... , a long building with several later extensions, faces Shoreham Tollbridge Shoreham Tollbridge Shoreham Tollbridge is a bridge crossing the River Adur in West Sussex, England. It is the last of its kind in Sussex and one of the last of its kind anywhere in the world.-Old Shoreham Tollbridge:... . The L-shaped plaster-covered building rises no higher than 1½ storeys. Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Rizpah was based on a robbery which was discovered after the criminals' conversation was overheard in the inn. |
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| The Amsterdam | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8397°N 0.2856°W |
This is now a public house Public house A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller... , but it began its life as a house in the early 18th century. The mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... has two asymmetrically placed chimneys. The walls are flint and cobblestone with brick quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... . All windows are casements Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... with diamond latticework. |
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| Tudor Cottage | Old Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8396°N 0.2853°W |
Built in the 16th century and still in residential use, this building has a thatched roof with steep tiled extensions towards ground level, a single chimney at one end, casement window Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... s and render-coated timber framing Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... . |
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| 6–12 West Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8328°N 0.2777°W |
Four terraced cottages Terraced house In architecture and city planning, a terrace house, terrace, row house, linked house or townhouse is a style of medium-density housing that originated in Great Britain in the late 17th century, where a row of identical or mirror-image houses share side walls... of the 18th century are grouped together in this listing. This part of Shoreham-by-Sea, with densely packed houses on north–south streets, was known as "Trinidad" in that era, and the dark cobbled flints used for the walls are called "kidney" or "bullseye" flints. Brick dressings, sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s and eaves Eaves The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :... with a dentil Dentil In classical architecture a dentil is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.The Roman architect Vitruvius In classical architecture a dentil (from Lat. dens, a tooth) is a small block used as a repeating ornament in the bedmould of a cornice.The Roman architect... pattern are also visible. |
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| 9–11 Church Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8322°N 0.2754°W |
A date of 1750 has been attributed to this pair of houses. They have connections to the Pelhams, a Sussex baronet Baronet A baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown... cy. They were later acquired by a local man who built the rest of Church Street around them. A painted brick course Course (architecture) A course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high, usually in a wall. The term is almost always used in conjunction with unit masonry such as brick, cut stone, or concrete masonry units .-Styles:... spans the cobblestone façade. The houses have one and two dormers respectively. |
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| 15 Middle Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8327°N 0.2757°W |
Older than its neighbours, this narrow mid 18th-century house has a red tiled front wall which is buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... ed at the corner. This belonged to an adjoining building which has been demolished, revealing a painted side wall. The two-storey cottage also has attic space with a dormer window. |
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| 16 West Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8329°N 0.2777°W |
This is joined to Ramshackle Cottage (number 14) but is built of different materials: dark "kidney" flints and red-brick dressings. It may not be the original front. The building, with two storeys, a steep tiled roof and a two-window range, dates from the early 18th century. | |||
| 18 Church Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8331°N 0.2735°W |
The building lost its cast-iron railings during World War II, but retains its old flint façade and deep painted parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... . Set behind this is a steep roof with a chimney to the rear. The doorcase has a pediment Pediment A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding... ed hood mould Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... . The 18th-century building was extended to the rear with a private schoolroom. |
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| 20 Church Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8324°N 0.2750°W |
Originally part of a single listing with number 18, this house of 1754 is now listed separately. Its flint and painted brick exterior is similar to that of its neighbour, but it is not as tall and has a slate, not tiled, roof. There are four corner windows and a blank window above the off-centre door, which has a flat hoodmould Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... and a date stone. |
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| 22 Church Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8325°N 0.2750°W |
Built in around 1780 and extended about 70 years later, this tall cobbled house with brick string-coursing Course (architecture) A course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high, usually in a wall. The term is almost always used in conjunction with unit masonry such as brick, cut stone, or concrete masonry units .-Styles:... , quoins and window surrounds, was used by Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith... (founder of Lancing College) at the time he started his movement to educate middle-class children. The mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... is of slate and has two dormer windows and a chimney. |
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| 23 John Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8332°N 0.2766°W |
Although now a self-contained building, this was originally part of Shoreham House, whose wall obscures the façade. The two-storey house has a single-window range with sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. The roof sits behind a stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... ed parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... and a cornice Cornice Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting... of brick. The main building material is pale brick made of Gault clay. |
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| 23–25 High Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8316°N 0.2756°W |
These mid 18th-century cottages have older interiors; Number 25's may date from 1641, according to a stone tablet inside. It also has a steep rear roof (to protect against storms) and traces of the original shopfront. Number 23, originally called Stone House and at one time the town's post office, retains its original timber framing Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... , door and porch. |
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| 24 Church Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8326°N 0.2749°W |
This house, on the east side of Church Street, dates from about 1750. Its wide façade has a three-window range, but in place of the lower left window is a carriage-arch with a segmental head, which gives access to a courtyard. The window above this is round. Dark cobblestones are the main building material, but there are red-brick quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... and string-courses and a brick cornice below the slate-tiled mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... . White-painted brickwork also surrounds the windows. The two-storey building also has attic rooms with dormer windows. |
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| 30–32 John Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8329°N 0.2763°W |
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| 35–36 East Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8331°N 0.2735°W |
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| 46–52 West Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8338°N 0.2774°W |
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| 53 Southdown Road | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8371°N 0.2762°W |
The stuccoed exterior of this three-storey house dates from the mid-19th century, but the building is a century older. A two-storey, single-bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... extension was added on the south side in the 20th century; the original building has a three-bay façade with regularly spaced sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s and moulded Molding (decorative) Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster but may be made from plastic or reformed wood... courses Course (architecture) A course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high, usually in a wall. The term is almost always used in conjunction with unit masonry such as brick, cut stone, or concrete masonry units .-Styles:... between each storey. The first- and second-floor windows have moulded pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s next to them, and the middle window on the first floor is blank. |
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| 55–57 New Road | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8329°N 0.2704°W |
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| 74 and 76 High Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8325°N 0.2779°W |
Formerly known as the Queen Anne Anne of Great Britain Anne ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702. On 1 May 1707, under the Act of Union, two of her realms, England and Scotland, were united as a single sovereign state, the Kingdom of Great Britain.Anne's Catholic father, James II and VII, was deposed during the... Restaurant, apparently referring to the date of 1706 carved on the exterior, these cottages are probably 16th-century, and are therefore among the oldest in the town. The original timber framing Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... was clad in plaster and cement, and an original inglenook remains inside. |
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| Church House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8328°N 0.2736°W |
The adjacent shops on East Street were built in this mid 18th-century house's orchard Orchard An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive... . The rendered exterior and parapetted doorcase were 20th-century additions. The door has a wooden architrave Architrave An architrave is the lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns. It is an architectural element in Classical architecture.-Classical architecture:... and semicircular fanlight Fanlight A fanlight is a window, semicircular or semi-elliptical in shape, with glazing bars or tracery sets radiating out like an open fan, It is placed over another window or a doorway. and is sometimes hinged to a transom. The bars in the fixed glazed window spread out in the manner a sunburst... , and there is a range of three sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s. |
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| Cobblestones | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8333°N 0.2738°W |
One of two original houses on this road opposite St Mary de Haura Church, this was overhauled in the early 20th century. It now has a flint, red-brick and stucco exterior, a tiled roof with chimneys on both sides and some jettying Jettying Jettying is a building technique used in medieval timber frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the available space in the building without obstructing the street... on the south face. The gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... -end facing the road suggests medieval or older origins, but the structure is essentially 18th-century. |
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| Corner Cottage, Crispins and Trinity Cottage | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8376°N 0.2756°W |
These three cottages make up a short terrace on the corner of Mill Lane and Southdown Road. Each has two storeys and a dormer window so large it is more like a gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... . The roof is continuous across all three houses and is tiled. Chimneys rise from ground level to the left and in the centre. All windows are sashes. The window layout is irregular. |
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| Former Dovecote at Buckingham Farm | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8421°N 0.2737°W |
Part of the old Buckingham Farm and dating from the 18th century, this squat, square structure is built of cobblestones laid in courses Course (architecture) A course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high, usually in a wall. The term is almost always used in conjunction with unit masonry such as brick, cut stone, or concrete masonry units .-Styles:... and has red-brick quoins Quoin (architecture) Quoins are the cornerstones of brick or stone walls. Quoins may be either structural or decorative. Architects and builders use quoins to give the impression of strength and firmness to the outline of a building... . The hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... is laid with Horsham Stone Horsham Stone Horsham Stone is a type of calcerous, flaggy sandstone containing millions of minute sand grains. It is also high in mica and quartz. The rock extends in an arc-like formation for several kilometres around the West Sussex town of Horsham from which it bears its name and lies just below the Wealden... . |
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| Former St Peter's Church St Peter's Church, Shoreham-by-Sea The name St Peter's Church has been borne by two Roman Catholic churches in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea in the district of Adur, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex... |
Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8327°N 0.2769°W |
In the mid-19th century, a former Anglican vicar donated land for a Roman Catholic church, and the Duchess of Norfolk Augusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk Hon. Augusta Mary Minna Catherine Lyons* Born Torquay, Devon, 1 August 1821* Died Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, 22 March 1886Augusta, or Minna as she was more commonly known, was the younger daughter of Edmund Lyons by his wife Augusta Louisa .In 1838/9 Minna was residing with her... gave money. Charles Buckler designed the church, which opened in 1875. The Decorated Gothic Revival Gothic Revival architecture The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England... flint and ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... structure has a bellcote Bell-Cot A bell-cot, bell-cote or bellcote, is a small framework and shelter for one or more bells, supported on brackets projecting from a wall or built on the roof of chapels or churches which have no towers. It often holds the Sanctus bell rung at the Consecration.... on the gabled tiled roof. After a new church was built nearby, the building was sold in 1982 and converted into a nursing home Nursing home A nursing home, convalescent home, skilled nursing unit , care home, rest home, or old people's home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living... . |
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| K6 Telephone Kiosk, East Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8325°N 0.2742°W |
This is an example of the standard K6 style of telephone booth designed by Giles Gilbert Scott Giles Gilbert Scott Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, OM, FRIBA was an English architect known for his work on such buildings as Liverpool Cathedral and Battersea Power Station and designing the iconic red telephone box.... in 1935. It is glazed on all four sides, built of red-painted cast iron and topped with a shallow dome-style roof. |
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| Manor House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8326°N 0.2752°W |
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| North Cottage | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8338°N 0.2773°W |
This building dates from the 1830s and is faced with irregular cobblestones known as kidney flints. The roof has brick eaves Eaves The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :... and is covered with pantiles, and the door is original. The ground-floor windows are modern, however. There are chimneys at both ends of the roof. |
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| Old Scantlings | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8327°N 0.2753°W |
This cottage has stood on the west side of Church Street since the mid-18th century. It rises to two storeys and has a wide gabled dormer in the slate-tiled roof, which also has a painted chimney on the left. There are three casement window Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... s on each floor and a left-oriented moulded Molding (decorative) Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster but may be made from plastic or reformed wood... timber entrance porch with a straight-arched hood mould Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... . |
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| Old Swan Cottages | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8330°N 0.2753°W |
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| Ramshackle Cottage | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8330°N 0.2776°W |
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| Royal Sovereign | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8324°N 0.2759°W |
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| Ruins of Buckingham House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8416°N 0.2693°W |
George Moore's George Moore (novelist) George Augustus Moore was an Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, art critic, memoirist and dramatist. Moore came from a Roman Catholic landed family who lived at Moore Hall in Carra, County Mayo. He originally wanted to be a painter, and studied art in Paris during the 1870s... novel Esther Waters Esther Waters Esther Waters is a novel by George Moore first published in 1894.-Introduction:Set in England from the early 1870s onward, the novel is about a young, pious woman from a poor working class family who, while working as a kitchen maid, is seduced by another employee, becomes pregnant, is deserted by... was set at this mansion, which was also the subject of a painting now in the British Museum British Museum The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its... . John Rebecca John Rebecca John Biagio Rebecca , the son of Italian-born decorative painter Biagio Rebecca , was an architect of many buildings in Sussex and London. He is credited as being the principal architect of Georgian Worthing... rebuilt an older structure in about 1820; since its destruction by fire in 1910 it has stood derelict. The pale brick, two-storey structure has three-window ranges, Corinthian columns Corinthian order The Corinthian order is one of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric and Ionic. When classical architecture was revived during the Renaissance, two more orders were added to the canon, the Tuscan order and the Composite order... and stone pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s topped by elaborate capitals Capital (architecture) In architecture the capital forms the topmost member of a column . It mediates between the column and the load thrusting down upon it, broadening the area of the column's supporting surface... . |
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| Shoreham Court | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8381°N 0.2746°W |
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| Shoreham House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8330°N 0.2766°W |
Soldiers enlisted here for war World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... in 1914, and later uses included a ratepayers' office. The building, dating from about 1820 with an 1880s extension to the south, is now residential. Built of pale brick with Gault clay Gault Clay Gault is a clay formation of stiff blue clay deposited in a calm, fairly deep water marine environment during the Lower Cretaceous Period... from Worthing Worthing Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester... , it has a three-window range to the original (north) part, in which the pediment Pediment A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding... -topped entrance door is centrally placed, and three narrower windows to the projecting extension, which is taller and has a Dutch gable Dutch gable A Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a gable whose sides have a shape made up of one or more curves and has a pediment at the top. The gable may be an entirely decorative projection above a flat section of roof line, or may be the termination of a roof, like a normal gable... . |
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| Shoreham-by-Sea Town Hall | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8319°N 0.2768°W |
Sydney Smirke Sydney Smirke Sydney Smirke, architect, was born in London, England, the younger brother of Sir Robert Smirke, also an architect. Their father, also Robert Smirke, had been a well-known 18th Century painter.Sydney Smirke's works include:... designed this Classical-style Classical architecture Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance... stucco Stucco Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture... ed building as a custom house Custom House A custom house or customs house was a building housing the offices for the government officials who processed the paperwork for the import and export of goods into and out of a country. Customs officials also collected customs duty on imported goods.... in 1830. It became the town hall in 1886, and is now a restaurant. The three-bay Bay (architecture) A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:... façade has pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s supporting a frieze Frieze thumb|267px|Frieze of the [[Tower of the Winds]], AthensIn architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon... and pediment Pediment A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure , typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding... ; the frieze bears the inscription . Another bay extends to the right of the entrance. |
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| St John's, 34 John Street | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8331°N 0.2763°W |
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| St Mary's House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8334°N 0.2734°W |
Former residents of this early 18th-century two-storey house include Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith... and the Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... officer Henry Roberts Henry Roberts (captain) Henry Roberts was an officer in the Royal Navy who served with Captain Cook on his last two voyages.Roberts served as lieutenant on Cook's HMS Discovery, where he was entrusted with many hydrographic and cartographic tasks, and also met then-midshipman George Vancouver... . The oak staircase inside is considered particularly impressive. The exterior is plastered and has sash windows, an Ionic columned Ionic order The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and the Corinthian... porch and a gabled roof. |
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| Barn at Halewick Farm | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8398°N 0.3367°W |
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| Brooklands | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8345°N 0.3534°W |
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| Church Farmhouse | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8391°N 0.3515°W |
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| Halewick Farmhouse | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8397°N 0.3364°W |
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| Lychpole Farmhouse | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8566°N 0.3590°W |
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| Myrtle Cottage | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8350°N 0.3544°W |
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| Old Rectory | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8348°N 0.3428°W |
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| Sompting Abbots | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8395°N 0.3499°W |
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| Sompting Peverel | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8372°N 0.3520°W |
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| The Hermitage | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8355°N 0.3520°W |
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| Yew Tree House | Sompting Sompting Sompting is a village and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England, located between Lancing and Worthing, at the foot of the southern slope of the South Downs. Twentieth century development has linked it to Lancing. The civil parish covers an area of 10.35 square kilometres and has... 50.8346°N 0.3448°W |
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| 11 Southwick Street | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8336°N 0.2353°W |
Built in the 17th century as part of a farm, this building was later divided into two cottages but is now a single residence. The timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... structure has a flint and brick exterior topped by a tiled hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... . The four-window range is made up of casements Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... . |
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| 17–19 Southwick Street | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8337°N 0.2352°W |
This early 18th-century house has been split into two dwellings. The doors are next to each other beneath a shared sloping hood mould Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... . The ground floor has two bay window Bay window A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room, either square or polygonal in plan. The angles most commonly used on the inside corners of the bay are 90, 135 and 150 degrees. Bay windows are often associated with Victorian architecture... s; above, two sashes Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... flank a blocked window. The building is of cobblestone and brick construction and has a tiled roof. |
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| 20 Southwick Street | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8348°N 0.2344°W |
Formerly Manor Farm House, this timber-framed cottage is now occupied by a doctor's surgery. The main building material is flint, but there are red-brick quoins, window surrounds and eaves Eaves The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :... . The tiled roof has two chimneys and a partly hipped Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... south end. There are three unevenly spaced casement window Casement window A casement window is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a window that is attached to its frame by one or more hinges. Casement windows are hinged at the side. A casement window (or casement) is a... s and an off-centre door under a sloping pentice. |
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| 21 Southwick Street | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8338°N 0.2351°W |
Adur District Council now use this early 18th-century house as an office. The tall two-storey building, in dark cobblestones and red brick, has sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... s, a centrally placed bolection Bolection A Bolection is a moulding which projects beyond the face of a panel or frame, usually found in panelling, doors and fireplaces, especially when the meeting surfaces are at different levels. See also bilection.... -moulded Molding (decorative) Molding or moulding is a strip of material with various profiles used to cover transitions between surfaces or for decoration. It is traditionally made from solid milled wood or plaster but may be made from plastic or reformed wood... doorway, and a mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... with two chimneys. |
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| 41 The Green | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8341°N 0.2392°W |
This two-storey cottage has been dated to either the 17th or the mid-18th century. The tiled roof has brick gable Gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable... d ends with chimneys and a cornice Cornice Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting... . The walls are rendered, but there is also some flintwork. A single-storey extension on the south side is also of flint. The ground floor has oriel window Oriel window Oriel windows are a form of bay window commonly found in Gothic architecture, which project from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. Corbels or brackets are often used to support this kind of window. They are seen in combination with the Tudor arch. This type of window was... s. |
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| 43–45 The Green | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8342°N 0.2391°W |
This pair of cottages form an architectural group with their neighbour at number 41. The façades are plastered and have four evenly spaced windows each: sashes Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... to the first floor, oriels Oriel window Oriel windows are a form of bay window commonly found in Gothic architecture, which project from the main wall of the building but do not reach to the ground. Corbels or brackets are often used to support this kind of window. They are seen in combination with the Tudor arch. This type of window was... below. The red tiled roof has brick eaves Eaves The eaves of a roof are its lower edges. They usually project beyond the walls of the building to carry rain water away.-Etymology:"Eaves" is derived from Old English and is both the singular and plural form of the word.- Function :... and a cornice Cornice Cornice molding is generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns any building or furniture element: the cornice over a door or window, for instance, or the cornice around the edge of a pedestal. A simple cornice may be formed just with a crown molding.The function of the projecting... . |
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| Ivy Lodge | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8346°N 0.2391°W |
Although altered and extended since its mid 18th-century construction, this house (formerly called St George's) retains many original features. It has a cobblestone and painted brick façade below a parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... with coping Coping (architecture) Coping , consists of the capping or covering of a wall.A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point.... and a tiled mansard roof Mansard roof A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper that is punctured by dormer windows. The roof creates an additional floor of habitable space, such as a garret... which supports chimneypots at each end. The three-window range includes a single central sash window Sash window A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or "sashes" that form a frame to hold panes of glass, which are often separated from other panes by narrow muntins... . |
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| King Charles' Cottage | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8351°N 0.2390°W |
This is a shortened version of the traditional Sussex open hall-house Wealden hall house The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman's house traditional in the south east of England. It is most common in Kent and the east of Sussex but has also been built elsewhere... plan, built in the 16th century and later converted into a cottage. A chimney has been added to the northern gable end; the southern end of the roof is hipped Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... . A crown post King post A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:... roof survives inside the timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... structure. |
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| Manor Cottage | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8345°N 0.2344°W |
Standing north of the Manor House is a low, long, timber-framed Timber framing Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns... open hall-house Wealden hall house The Wealden hall house is a type of vernacular medieval timber-framed yeoman's house traditional in the south east of England. It is most common in Kent and the east of Sussex but has also been built elsewhere... dating from the 15th century. The flint and red-brick building, altered in the 17th century, has a clay and slate tile roof. Internal timber-framing survives. The cottage is now a museum. |
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| Manor House | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8343°N 0.2345°W |
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| Old Rectory | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8355°N 0.2435°W |
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| Old Rectory Cottage | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8354°N 0.2441°W |
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| Sussex Yacht Club Boat Store | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8313°N 0.2343°W |
John Vallance, member of a Hove Hove Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast... brewing family, built this harbourside structure in 1816 as a malthouse Malthouse A malt house, or maltings, is a building where cereal grain is converted into malt by soaking it in water, allowing it to sprout and then drying it to stop further growth. The malt is used in brewing beer, whisky and in certain foods. The traditional malt house was largely phased out during the... . The partly weatherboarded Weatherboarding Weatherboarding is the cladding or ‘siding’ of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another, either vertically or horizontally on the outside of the wall. They are usually of rectangular section with parallel sides... cobbled flint and brick two-storey building, with a six-part hipped roof Hip roof A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side... , was bought in 1926 by the recently founded yacht club, and became their premises. |
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| Southwick Community Centre | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8352°N 0.2343°W |
The building used to be the homestead Homestead (buildings) A homestead is either a single building, or collection of buildings grouped together on a large agricultural holding, such as a ranch, station or a large agricultural operation of some other designation.-See also:* Farm house* Homestead Act... of Manor Farm, and has had little alteration since its 16th- or 17th-century construction. It is mostly flint, but with ashlar Ashlar Ashlar is prepared stone work of any type of stone. Masonry using such stones laid in parallel courses is known as ashlar masonry, whereas masonry using irregularly shaped stones is known as rubble masonry. Ashlar blocks are rectangular cuboid blocks that are masonry sculpted to have square edges... dressings and quoins, red brick window surrounds and some bargeboard Bargeboard Bargeboard is a board fastened to the projecting gables of a roof to give them strength and to mask, hide and protect the otherwise exposed end of the horizontal timbers or purlins of the roof to which they were attached... s on one gable end. The tiled roof has two large chimneys. |
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| Wall south of Manor House | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8340°N 0.2348°W |
This 19th-century wall, possibly ornamental rather than functional in origin, is 8 by 16 ft (2.4 by 4.9 m) and consists of brick-edged cobbled stonework. It is buttress Buttress A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall... ed at one end and also has two archways. |
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| War Memorial, The Green | Southwick Southwick, West Sussex Southwick is a small town and civil parish in the Adur District of West Sussex, England located three miles west of Brighton and a suburb of the East Sussex resort City of Brighton & Hove... 50.8329°N 0.2388°W |
This concrete Concrete Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word... , granite Granite Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic... and slag Slag Slag is a partially vitreous by-product of smelting ore to separate the metal fraction from the unwanted fraction. It can usually be considered to be a mixture of metal oxides and silicon dioxide. However, slags can contain metal sulfides and metal atoms in the elemental form... obelisk commemorates local casualties of the two World Wars. Designed by a local man and unveiled in 1922, it has four plaques of limestone Limestone Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera.... and bronze above its plinth Plinth In architecture, a plinth is the base or platform upon which a column, pedestal, statue, monument or structure rests. Gottfried Semper's The Four Elements of Architecture posited that the plinth, the hearth, the roof, and the wall make up all of architectural theory. The plinth usually rests... . It is 15 feet (4.6 m) tall and sits on a stepped concrete terrace. |
Delisted buildings
Buildings are sometimes removed from the statutory list.| Name | Image | Location and Coordinates |
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| Toll House | Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea Shoreham-by-Sea is a small town, port and seaside resort in West Sussex, England. Shoreham-by-Sea railway station is located less than a mile from the town centre and London Gatwick Airport is away... 50.8323°N 0.2789°W |
When Norfolk Bridge was built across the Adur in 1833, a tollhouse was needed. The low single-storey structure, plastered and painted white, is now a house: toll collection ceased in 1927. The roof hides behind a parapet Parapet A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a... and coping Coping (architecture) Coping , consists of the capping or covering of a wall.A splayed or wedge coping slopes in a single direction; a saddle coping slopes to either side of a central high point.... , through which pilaster Pilaster A pilaster is a slightly-projecting column built into or applied to the face of a wall. Most commonly flattened or rectangular in form, pilasters can also take a half-round form or the shape of any type of column, including tortile.... s extend from ground level. The door is set in a hood-moulded Hood mould In architecture, a hood mould, also called a label mould or dripstone, is an external moulded projection from a wall over an opening to throw off rainwater... porch. English Heritage English Heritage English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport... delisted it on 3 September 2010. |