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Sackville Gardens, Aldrington Sackville Gardens conservation area.	The Sackville family was prominent in Sussex from Elizabethan times and were Lords of the Manor of Hove until 1967. Renumbered 1899 (six added to previous numbers).	Pa1891—
Sackville Gardens CA	Conservation area, designated 1997. Comprises 13.11ha (32.4 acres), bounded by Church Road, Walsingham Road and Westbourne Place.	Character statement Map
Sackville Road, Hove Old Hove conservation area. Pembroke and Princes conservation area.	Formerly known as Hove Drove and forming the western limit of development until at least 1880. 68 Tennyson Court, now apartments, was the Brighton, Hove and Preston Dispensary (Western Branch). It was built in 1887 and bears the date and the royal cipher. The south facade in Montgomery Street bears the inscription 'This hospital wing was erected in memory of Carr Burton Esq by his widow Mary Penny Burton'. St Barnabas Church, see Byron Street. 159 Salvation Army Citadel is accessed through an archway and up a right-angled flight of steps.	Pa1882—
∫ Sackville Villas	Possible pre-development name of Sackville Gardens. Land here was conveyed by George Gallard to the Sussex Universal and Equitable Land Society Ltd in 1882¹. 'Houses building' in Pa1884.	Pa1884–Pa1890 ¹ESRO ACC 11225
Sadler Way, Whitehawk	Numbered April and 4 December 1958¹.	Ke1960— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/364
St Andrew's Road, Brighton Preston Park conservation area.	Numbered 7 March 1901¹. 2, 4, 12-18 (even) were designed by Clayton & Black in 1895². 6-10 (even) were not allocated.	Pa1896— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/111 ²ESRO DB/D/7/4163 (4 Jul 1895)
St Andrew's Road, Portslade		Pi1909—
St Ann's Well Gardens	See Somerhill Road
St Aubyns, Hove Old Hove conservation area.	Former copyhold of manor of Hova Villa and Hova Ecclesia¹, initially called St Aubyn's Place. 'Other houses now building' in Fo1864. The road was numbered in 1869, confusingly beginning on the corner of Seafield Road. The 4th Earl Amherst married Hon Eleanor Clementina St Aubyn in 1856. Her mother, Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townsend was born in Brighton and married John St Aubyn, 1st Baron St Levan. There was an archery ground on the northern half of the east side until housing encroached in the late 1870s. 1 was built by George Lynn Jr⁵. 2-6 (even) are a terrace of housing built c1860, now a hotel. Grade II listed². 9. Virginia Wolff spent several summers here in childhood. 40 (Lynton House) was designed by Thomas Elworthy⁵. 42 was designed by Thomas Elworthy⁶. 46, 48 was designed by William Parnacott 60, 62 was built by J Parsons & Son⁷ 64, 66, 68 were designed by Tuppen & Tasker⁶. †Cliftonville Nursery was on the northern half of the west side towards where Vallance Road is now; on the northern half of the east side, between here and then still incomplete Seafield Road, was an archery ground⁴. Lewis House. 1881. 63 was built by Harvey Lewer 1878-1881³.	Fo1864— ¹ESRO ACC8745/29 ²HE 1292549 ³ESRO DB/D/27/240 ⁴OS1873 ⁵ESRO DO/C/6/178 (16 Feb 1877) ⁶ESRO DO/C/6/398 (10 Jun 1879) ⁷ESRO DO/C/6/505 (14 Apr 1881)
St Aubyns Gardens, Hove BN3 2TA Old Hove conservation area.	A five-storey terrace of six houses on Kingsway west from St Aubyns.	[1881] To1907—
St Aubyns Mead, Rottingdean	Kipling Court.
† St Aubyns Mews, Hove	At 5 Alma Terrace.	Pa1881–Pa1893
St Aubyns Road, Portslade	Portslade Congregational Church was opened in 1903. It is adjacent to a more recent church in Station Road.	Pi1909—
St Aubyns South, Hove	Continuation of St Aubyns south of Kingsway.	Ke1933—
St Catherine's Terrace, Hove	Part of Kingsway. 17, Sussex Hotel freehold sold for £15,000 in January 1904¹.	Ta1854— ¹The Builder, 30 Jan 1904:119
St Cuthman's Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac. Numbered 6 January 1988¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/446
St George's Mews North Laine conservation area.	Numbered 27 March 1884¹.	Ta1854— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/215
St George's Place	1a-13, 14 were probably designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby and built c1825. Grade II listed¹.	[1826] Br1845— ¹HE 1380848, 1380849
St George's Road East Cliff conservation area.	The south side numbered 1 August 1879¹ and renumbered including Eastern Quadrant 17 January 1901². 2 was a terraced house, remodelled by M Mellor for the Sussex Dairy Co in 1908. It has bas relief friezes on the return in Montague Place, the lower one featuring a cow. Grade II listed⁵. ph 8, The Thomas Kemp opened in 1824 and was called The Burlington Arms into the 20th century. It was the residence of the actor Tubby (Henry) Edlin in the 1920s, when it was owned by his family's hospitality business. ph 21, The Golden Cannon was an eating- and beer-house in 1905. Church of St George the Martyr was designed by Charles Augustin Busby for Thomas Kemp, who financed it as an investment to earn revenue from pew rents. It was consecrated on 30 December 1825. Kemp sold the church to Lawrence Peel in 1830/31 (?) and left the country. The church's silver was donated by Queen Adelaide, consort of William IV, who was a regular member of the congregation. Lawrence Peel's heir, Charles Lennox Peel, who inherited in 1888, sold the church to the congregation for £4,000 the following year. With seating capacity of 1,300, it is used for concerts as well as religious services. The church is Grade II listed³, as are two lampposts by the west entrance⁴. ph 58 was The Somerset Arms, which opened c1854 and closed c1964. The name is still in the stucco on the corner of the second floor. It as more recently been a café. ph 68 was The Belgrave (Arms), which opened c1854 and closed c1935. 73-83 are Grade II listed⁶. ph 83, Hanbury Arms, formerly the Bombay Arms, is named after the Hanbury-Tracy family, the Barons Sudeley. It was the residence of Henry Abbey in the 1850s. The adjacent Sassoon Mausoleum in Paston Place was annexed in 1953. 115-120 were called Eastern Quadrant until c1902. Gateway to Portland Mews with its wall and the end wall of 87 are Grade II listed⁷	Br1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/250 ²ESRO DB/D/27/83 ³HE 1380852 ⁴HE 1380853 ⁵HE 1380850 ⁶HE 1380851 ⁷HE 1380854
∫ St George's Street	Former name of Pelham Street.	Br1845—
† St George's Street North		[1826]
St George's Terrace East Cliff conservation area.	Bristol Road Methodist Church was designed by Thomas Lainson (plans dated 1 March 1872), built by John Fielder and opened in 1876, originally as Bristol Road Bible Christian Chapel. It closed in 1989 and was taken over by Brighton College. 10, 11-14 are Grade II listed¹.	Fo1848— ¹HE 1380855, 1380859
St Helen's Crescent, Hangleton	Close to St Helen's Church.	Ke1966—
St Helen's Drive, Hangleton	Close to St Helen's Church.	Ke1958—
St Helen's Road	The first council housing was built here between 1897 and 1900 on land given by Henry Abbey and Daniel Friend on the occasion of Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in December 1896. The first houses were let in 1900 at 7s 6d (37½p) a week. Numbered 19 October 1905¹.	Pi1896— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/133
St Heliers Avenue, Hove		Ke1933—
ST JAMES'S	Area surrounding St James's Street.
St James's Avenue East Cliff conservation area.	Built in 1889 on the site of Little St James's Street slums, but 'new street in course of completion' in Pa1895. Numbered 6 September 1894¹.	Pa1895— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/229
St James's Court East Cliff conservation area.	A passage leading off George Street to two houses of c1800. It is now subject to a Public Space Protection Order and gated.	Fo1864—
† St James's Crescent	Original name for Inwood Crescent until regular construction started.	Pi1896–To1903
† St James's Gardens	At 21 St James's Street. 12 had an ice house 1834-1844¹	¹R G Martin: 'Ice Houses and the Commercial Ice Trade in Brighton' in Sussex Industrial History no 14: 21
St James's (Street) Mews	At 29 St James's Street. †Volunteer Fire Brigade Stables	[1851] Pi1889
St James's Passage	At 22 Hanover Street to 74 Hanover Terrace. A twitten with steps at the eastern end. Image: St James's Passage in 1976 [Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust].	[1851] Pi1889
St James's Place	Row of six houses built 1790-1800 reached through a narrow passage at 4 St James's Street. Number of properties in 1822: 5. All six are Grade II listed¹, as are the lamp posts in front of 1-2 and 4².	Ba1822— ¹HE 1380857 ²HE 1380859, 1380860
† St James's Square, Portslade	Short cul-de-sac turning with 13 terraced houses off Wellington Road.	[1881] To1902–Pi1925
St James's Street East Cliff conservation area (2-60 and 64-130 consecutive). Valley Gardens conservation area (1).	(B2118). Established 1790s, following the line of the leak way (access lane for the farm land) across the middle of Little Laine and into East Laine. The church of that name was built after the street was so named. The section between George Street and High Street was formerly called Prospect Row. Number of properties in 1822: 112. Numbering is sequential, starting at the north-west end. The street was apparently renumbered between 1822 and 1845, unchanged to about no 50, then by adding four until from c70 numbers increase by 16-18. The section between New Steine and Grafton Street on the south side was renumbered 23 February 1882¹. The westernmost section, crossing Old Steine, opened on 31 March 1834. NORTH SIDE 1-4 were designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. Grade II listed². —Here is pedestrian access to St James's Place. 5 was the Imperial Picture Palace 1912-1916 with 270 seats. It is now a Mind charity shop. 9, designed by Amon Wilds and C A Busby, was Brighton General Library, Literary and Scientific Institute 1826-c1842; it later became a branch of Liptons, then National Westminster Bank. Now St James's Dental Centre. Grade II listed³. —Here is George Street (at 14). 17-19 rebuilt 1914 for Boots the Chemists. —St James's Gardens was here (at 21), leading to the Methodist chapel in Dorset Gardens. —Here is Dorset Gardens. —St James's Street Mews was here (at 21), leading to the Methodist chapel in . . . 24 (23-24 from 1930) was J Sainsbury's butchery and grocer store from 1924. 27-28 was an F W Woolworth store from 1931 to 2008. 30 was built across the southern end of St James's Street Mews. ph 31, Bulldog opened in 1848 as St James's Tavern and kept that name for c150 years. —Here is Cavendish Street. —Here is High Street. †St James's Church was built 1810-13 on land given by Nathaniel Kemp, to a design by Scott & Hyde and rebuilt in 1874-75. It was closed in 1948 and demolished September 1950. The site is now occupied by a Co-operative Society store and flats. —Here is Chapel Street. ph 46, Shortt's opened before 1818 as The Royal Oak. George Wigney held it copyhold until 1850 and kept that name for around 200 years until taking its present name in 2015. It was rebuilt in 1932 to a design by Edgar Wallis Long. —Here is Devonshire Place. T48-49, New Steine Mansions was here by 1845 as New Steine Hotel and Shades. —St James's Gardens was here (at 21), leading to the Methodist chapel in . . . —Here is New Steine Mews. ph †53 Was the Morning Star from 1856 to 1893. —Here is St James Avenue. —Here is Upper Rock Gardens. Church of St Mary the Virgin originally built by Amon Henry Wilds 1826-27 in the grounds of East Lodge in Upper Rock Gardens, was completely rebuilt in 1877-79 by Sir William Emerson¹⁹ after a partial collapse. It was designed to accommodate 854 worshippers, plus 44 children. The glass is by A O Hemming. The paintings of the Stations of the Cross were moved here in 1993 from St Thomas the Apostle in Davigdor Road. It is Grade II* listed¹³. —Here is St Mary's Place. †61, Rock Brewery had been here since the early 19th century, It was acquired from William Willett by Portsmouth United Breweries in February 1928 and closed by 1950. †61½, Horse and Groom was opened by 1874 by Rock Brewery. —Mount Street was here. —Here is Lavender Street. —Continues as Upper St James's Street. SOUTH SIDE —Here is Grafton Street. ph 65, The Sidewinder opened in 1854 as the Lion, owned by Tamplin. —Here is Atlingworth Street. 73, 73A, 73B are Grade II listed¹⁶. —Here is Lower Rock Gardens. —Here is Rock Place. —Here is New Steine. —Here is Wentworth Street. —Here is Margaret Street. 87-87A were early 19th century terraced houses, converted with mid-late 19th-century cast-iron shop front. Grade II listed¹⁴. 88-89 were late 18th/early 19th century terraced houses, converted with mid 19th-century cast-iron shop front. Grade II listed⁴. —Here is Charlotte Street. 90 was a late 18th century terraced house, converted to early-mid 19th-century corner shop. Grade II listed⁵. 95-99 were early 19th terraced houses, converted to shops and flats. Grade II listed⁶. 96 was the scene of a 'love tragedy' double suicide on 14 August 1896⁸. 101, 102 were early 19th terraced houses, converted to shops and flats. No 101 has mathematical tiles. Grade II listed⁷. —Here is Madeira Place. 107-111a were early 19th terraced houses, converted to shops and flats. Grade II listed¹⁵. [ph] 107 was St James's Hotel. —Here is Broad Street. —Here is Charles Street. 116-117, 118 were late 18th/early 19th century terraced houses, converted to shops and flats. No 118 has mathematical tiles. Grade II listed⁹. 120-121 were early 19th terraced houses, converted to shops and flats with mathematical tiles. Grade II listed¹⁰. —Here is Manchester Street. 124 was an early 19th terraced house, converted to shop and flats. Grade II listed¹¹. 126-127 was designed by Clayton Botham and rebuilt as the St James's Restaurant in 1898¹⁷ or 1901 ¹⁸. It is now a casino. 128 (formerly 110) was the pharmacy of John Badcock. 130 are Grade II listed¹². —Here is Steine Street.	Ba1822— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/217 ²HE 1380861 ³HE 1380862 ⁴HE 1380864, 1380865 ⁵HE 1380866 ⁶HE 1380868 ⁷HE 1380869, 1380870 ⁸Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser, 17 August 1896, p8 ⁹HE 1380874, 1380875 ¹⁰HE 1380877 ¹¹HE 1380881 ¹²HE 1380882 ¹³HE 1380884 ¹⁴HE 1380863 ¹⁵HE 1380873 ¹⁶HE 1381691 ¹⁷ESRO DB/D/7/4778 ¹⁸Botham obituary in The Builder 27 July 1907 p117. ¹⁹ESRO DB/D/7/1430
St James's Street Mews	Formerly between St James's Street and Edward Street but truncated to one third of the original length by 30 St James's Street at the southern end and an office block (now a University of Brighton building) to the north. The mews is accessed from Ardingly Street. 2-14	Ke1937—
∫ St John Street	Original name of John Street¹. Number of properties in 1822: 70.	Marchant-Sicklemore map 1809; Ba1822 ¹Brighton tithe map 1852
St John's Mews East Cliff conservation area.	Gated cul-de-sac off Bristol Road.
St John's Mews, Hove	Turning out of First Avenue. Renamed St John's Place in 1933.	Pa1892–Ke1933
St John's Mount	Council-owned 14-storey tower block off Mount Pleasant.
St John's Place, Brighton Carlton Hill conservation area.	Built on the site of the garden of St John's Lodge in Tilbury Place. Tarnerland Nursery School. The land was donated by Laetitia Tilbury Tarner and opened in 1933 (see also Tarnerland).	Fo1848—
St John's Place, Hove The Avenues conservation area.	Church of St John the Baptist (see Church Road) gave its name to the Place—which was originally called St John's Mews until 1933—and Road. 1-7 are Grade II listed with 56 First Avenue¹.	Ke1934— ¹HE
St John's Road, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area.	Formerly known as Palmeira Mews until c1909. The Floral Clock was originally created to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.	Pi1910—
†St John's Street	See St John Street.
St John's Terrace, Hove	Renumbered as 43-89 Church Road by 1886.	Pa1873–Pa1884
St Joseph's Close, Hove	Named after St Joseph's Home for the Aged, run by the Little Sisters of the Poor, which stood on Old Shoreham Road on this site until c1970. The chapel was designed by Anthony & Dixon and built in 1900.¹	Ke1958— ¹Roughwood
St Keyna Avenue, Hove		Ke1930—
St Leonard's Avenue, Portslade	Called Denis Road when first laid out in 1909¹.	Pi1901— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/3251
St Leonard's Gardens, Portslade		Ke1930—
St Leonard's Road, Brighton	From 155 Lewes Road to Hastings Road. Fairlight Primary and Nursery School, built 1932 to replace Fairlight Place Schools. This was Fairlight County Secondary School (for girls) from 1947 to 1962.	Pa1880—
St Leonard's Road, Aldrington	22 was conveyed by deed of gift in trust for the London Bible and Domestic Mission in 1887. 32-54 are six pairs of semi-detached villas built by Charles W Jackson¹, the planning application dated 21 February 1882.	[1881] Pa1892— ¹ESRO DO/C/7/46
St Luke's Road Queens Park conservation area.	No properties listed in Pa1893-1895. Numbered 5 June 1902¹. The lamppost in front of no 2 is Grade II listed². (Another listed lamppost on the corner of St Luke's Terrace³ has been removed.) 1 was designed by Samuel Denman in 1896⁸ 2-16 (even) were designed by Samuel Denman in 1896⁴ 3-9 (odd) were designed by Samuel Denman in 1894⁵ 13-25 (odd) were designed by Samuel Denman in 1896⁶ but were not built immediately thereafter (see next entries). 18, 20have the date 1899 in the scrollwork on the gable. 22-26 (even) have the date 1900 in the scrollwork on the gable. 28-34 were designed by Frederick Axtell in 1899⁸. 36-44 (even) were built by George Burstow for Hallett & Duke in 1899⁷.	Pa1893— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/95 ²HE 1380886 ³HE 1380887 ⁴ESRO DB/D/7/4050 ⁵ESRO DB/D/7/4071 ⁶ESRO DB/D/7/4365 ⁷ESRO DB/D/7/4974 ⁸ESRO DB/D/7/4435
St Luke's Terrace Queens Park conservation area (8, 10, Swimming Bath, St. Luke's Middle School [sic], St. Luke's First School [sic]).	Numbered 3 March 1904¹. Lampposts outside no 23, no 41 and opposite the swimming baths are Grade II listed². St Luke's Pool was designed by Thomas Simpson and built 1900-03. Grade II listed³. St Luke's School was designed by Thomas Simpson, probably his best work as architect to the Brighton & Preston School Board, and built 1900-03. Grade II listed, as are the walls and railings⁴. 10, Caretaker's House attached to St Luke's School was designed by Thomas Simpson and built 1900-1903. Grade II listed⁵. Walls and railings to the school, pool and caretaker's house are Grade II listed⁶.	Pi1896— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/102 ²HE 1380890, 1380891, 1380893 ³HE 1380895 ⁴HE 1380894 ⁵HE 1380888 ⁶HE 1380897
St Margaret's Place Regency Square conservation area.	Originally called Regency Cottages, after nearby Regency Square, the name was changed to that of the chapel formerly at the west end. Completed about 1825. (1826 gives both names together). Royal Newburgh Assembly Rooms, now technically 31 Cannon Place, faces into St Margaret's Place. Numbered April 1921¹. 2-3, called Sea Nook and Peter Pan respectively, were built c1825 and are probably by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. †St Margaret's chapel of ease formerly at the west end was built by banker, actor, journalist and speculator Barnard Gregory, and named by him after his wife Margaret. Built by Cooper and Lynn of Brighton from designs by Charles Augustin Busby. The foundation stone was laid on 15 May 1824, and the chapel opened for worship on 26 December 1824; it closed on 30 September 1956, was declared redundant in 1958 and demolished in 1959, when the bell, Oregon pine pews and choir stalls were removed to the Church of Christ the King in Braybon Avenue and the communion rail to London Road Methodist Church. Sussex Heights, a 24-storey tower block that dominates the seafront, is the tallest residential building in the city at 336 feet, 82 metres above the exhibition halls on which it stands. Designed by R Seifert & Partners and built in 1966-1968, it was the tallest UK residential building outside London until 2005 and remains the tallest on the south coast. It comprises 115 flats, plus a penthouse occupying the whole of the 24th floor.	Ke1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/46/874
St Mark's Mews East Cliff conservation area.
St Mark's Street East Cliff conservation area.	St Mark's Church is nearby in Eastern Road. The street and the shop on the north-east corner (230 Eastern Road) featured in the film The Gelignite Gang (1954).	Pa1878—
St Martin's Place	†Brighton Lighting & Electric Engineering Company (BLEECO), formerly Cox & Sons, was here. Street lamps bearing the BLEECO name can still be seen—see Charlotte Street. Johnson Bank is a seven-storey Brighton Council block of 37 flats; construction was started by Davies Construction, completed by Rice as stage 2 of the Wellington Road redevelopment in 1965-1967.	Pa1867—
St Martin's Street	Close to the Church of St Martin with St Wilfred and St Alban. Rev Arthur Douglas Wagner acquired land in this area, some from Charles Catt, for working-class housing. Numbered 18 October 1883¹. †St Martin's CofE School was designed by George Somers Clarke and build by Jabez Reynolds. It was converted into St Martin's Court when a new school was built in Hartington Road. ph The Bugle Inn was designed by Samuel Denman and opened in 1881.	Pa1867— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/190A
St Mary Street, Kemp Town	See St Mary's Street.	Ke1845
St Mary Magdalene Street	Terraced cottages.	Pa1871—
† St Mary's Hill		[1861]
St Mary's Place		Ta1854—
St Mary's Square, Kemp Town	Gated housing development off Chichester Place, built in 1990 on the former playing field of St Mary's Hall school, which was on the opposite (north) side of Eastern Road 1836-2009.
St Mary('s) Street		Ke1845—
St Michael's Place		Pa1868—
St Michael's Road, Portslade	Built late 1860s.
St Nicholas Road	Built late 1860s; 'houses now building' in Pa1867-1868. St Nicholas Court. See St Nicholas Road.	Pa1867—
St Nicholas Road, Portslade		Pi1909—
St Patrick's Road, Hove	Bisecting streets between Portland Road and Coleridge Street. No houses. Hove Methodist Church. See Portland Road.	To1898—
St Paul's Street		Pa1867—
St Peter's Close, Hove	Cul-de-sac off Holmes Avenue.	Ke1960—
St Peter's Place	Formerly known as Prospect Place. St Peter's Church, the parish church of Brighton since 1873, was designed by Charles Barry and built 1824-1828. The five-light stained glass window in the side chapel, commemorating Edward Hoadly, was designed by C E Kempe and dedicated on 30 April 1898³. The chancel extension, designed by George Somers Clarke, was added in 1907. The churchyard was conveyed from Rev John Julius Hannah to the Borough of Brighton in December 1898⁴. The church is Grade II* listed¹. 1-3, 4-9 were built c1825 and are probably by Amon Wilds and C A Busby. They are Grade II listed².	Ke1845— ¹HE 1380903 (1952) ²HE 1380899, 1380902 ³Building News 1898-05-06:656a ⁴ESRO ACC 7600/22
St Peter's Road, Portslade		Pi1912—
St Peter's Street	Formerly called Peter Street.	[1826] Ta1854—
St Philip's Mews, Hove	Private road off New Church Road, adjacent to St Philip's Church.
St Richard's Road, Portslade		Ke1947—
Salehurst Close, Hollingdean	Cul-de-sac off Lynchet Close. Six four-bedroom/two-bathroom family houses and two flats for rent by Brighton and Hove City Council, completed August 2018.
Salisbury Road, Hove Brunswick Town conservation area (1-3 consecutive). Willett Estate conservation area (4-27 consecutive).	Mainly built 1876-1879, the brick coming from the Isle of Wight and was regarded as a departure from render¹.	Pa1878— ¹Tthe Builder, 27 May 1871:409
† Salmon Court	At 147 North Street. No thoroughfare.	[1826] Fo1851–Ta1854
SALTDEAN	'Salt valley' (OE salt denu). The gap in the cliffs at this point (Saltdean Gap) suggests the former presence of a stream or river; salt water (?).Formerly part of Newhaven Rural District, incorporated into Brighton in 1928.
Saltdean Drive, Saltdean	The road was laid out by the late 1920s. 15, Gayside dates from the 1930s.	Ke1947—
∫ Saltdean Drive North, Saltdean	Former name of Mount Drive until 29 December 1952¹.	Ke1949 ¹ESRO DB/D/27/307
Saltdean Park	Saltdean Barn is Grade II listed¹.	¹HE 1380904
Saltdean Park Road, Saltdean	Saltdean Lido was designed in 1937 by architect Richard W H Jones for Charles Neville in the English Moderne style, influenced by the De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill-on-Sea (where Neville had held his wedding reception). It opened in 1938, was refurbished and re-opened in 1998. It is Grade II* listed¹. Saltdean Library was designed by architect R W H Jones in the English Moderne style as part of the Saltdean Lido estate.	Ke1969— ¹HE 1380905
Saltdean Vale, Saltdean	Numbered 40-90 9 January 1960; 92-138, 129-151, 140-166 in 1960; 93-115 31 May 1962¹. 123 is Grade II listed in association with 95-97 Lustrells Crescent².	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/316 ²HE 1381692
Sandgate Road	One of four adjacent roads in the Fiveways area named after Kent towns (see also Sandgate, Dover, Hythe), under construction by 1901. It was numbered 1 October 1903¹.	Pi1901— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/93
Sandhurst Avenue, Woodingdean	Built c1957.	Ke1966—
Sandown Road	Steep road of stepped small two-storey terraced houses, nearly all built in 1903 by George Burstow. This is one of several roads named after places in the Isle of Wight (see also Totland Road, Carisbrooke Road, Ryde Road).	Pi1911—
Sandringham Close, Hove	No properties listed in Ke1960.	Ke1960—
Sandringham Drive, Hove		Ke1960—
Sanyhils Avenue, Patcham	Part of the Ladies Mile Estate, named by developer George Ferguson after a place in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Named 27 April 1933¹.	Ke1934— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/30
† Saunder's Buildings	At 3 Black Lion Street. Also known as Saunder's Court. No thoroughfare.	[1826-1851] Pa1872–To1907
Saunders Hill, Coldean
Saunders Park Rise
Saunders Park View
† Saw Mill Lane	This street cannot be traced, is not listed in directories and cannot be found on maps. Yet there is a planning application for offices for Blackmore & Co (also untraceable so far) in 1871¹ and a reference in a bankruptcy notice for one Henry Reed 'formerly of Nelson Street, Brighton, Sussex, potato salesman ... licensed victualler and licensed hawker, and now of 2 Saw Mill Lane, Brighton, Sussex, out of business or employ'².	¹ESRO DB/D/7/1112 ²The Edinburgh Gazette 15 October 1867: 1199
Saxon Close, Saltdean
Saxon Road, Hove	Aldrington Recreation Ground opened on 24 April 1900.	Pi1912—
† Saxon Villas		[1861]
† Scab(e)'s Castle	A farm dating from the late 18th century had its main buildings in Hartington Road,=. The site became Brighton Extra-Mural Cemetery in Lewes Road in 1857.	Census1861-1891
Scarborough Road, Preston	'Houses building' in Pa1885.	[1881] Pa1885—
† School Lane	Leading from Middle Street to Ship Street. Later called Moon's Court.	[1826] Fo1856–Fo1859
School Road, Hove	Part of the Glen Estate. Road laid out on former allotments by George Burstow for J V Franklin¹. The name comes from what are now the West Hove Infant and Junior Schools on Portland Road. No properties listed in To1899.	To1899— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/1573 (13 April 1897)
Scotland Street	Built around 1860.	Fo1865—
Scott Road, Hove	Stoneham (Portland) estate. Scott was one of the family names of William John Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 5th Duke of Portland, from his mother, Henrietta, daughter of Major General John Scott. No properties listed in Pi1905.	Pi1905—
† Sea View Terrace, Black Rock	Facing the sea.	Pa1887–Pi1928
† Seafield Cottages	The location is uncertain but they were close to Victoria Terrace.	Census1881
Seafield Road Cliftonville conservation area (east side). Old Hove conservation area (west side).	Built by Jabez Reynolds in 1875-79 and originally called Seafield Villas. There was an archery ground on the northern half of the west side until housing encroached in the late 1870s.	Pa1882—
∫ Seafield Villas	Original name of Seafield Road.	Pa1875–Pa1878
Seaford Road, Portslade		Pa1890—
Seafront Estate, Aldrington	Designation for the development of an area south of New Church Road and Shoreham Road (Kingsway), comprising Glendor Road, Norman Road, Recreation Road (renamed Wish Road), Saxon Road, Sea Road, Tandridge Road and Tennis Road, laid out in 1902 by J W B Blackman for George Payne.
Seaview Road, Woodingdean	Part of the Wick Estate, it was numbered 29 April 1948¹.	Ke1847— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/283
Second Avenue, Hove The Avenues conservation area.	One of four sequentially numbered avenues running off Kingsway parallel with and on either side of Grand Avenue. The land was part of more than 40 acres let by the Stanford Estate in 1871⁷. 'Houses building' in Pa1875. 4, Exton House was built 1876-77. Grade II listed¹. 11a is Grade II listed with 7-12 Queen's Place². 19 was the residence of Adeline Maria Fisher, daughter of the historian Herbert William Fisher, sister of historian-politician HAL Fisher, cousin of Virginia Woolf and first wife of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. During the First World War the Invalid Comforts Fund for prisoners-of-war was run from here³. 21 was built 1878-79. Grade II listed⁴. 23 was the residence of Constantine Alexander Ionides from 1881 and where he died in 1900; his widow Agathonike also died here in 1920. The rear extension (1890) is by Philip Webb⁶. 24 was built c1878. It was the residence of Alderman George Baldwin Woodruff, the first mayor of Hove. Grade II listed⁵.	Pa1875— ¹HE 1209667 ²HE 1187582 ³Lyons, section 25 ⁴HE 1292517 ⁵HE 1187583 ⁶ESRO DO/C/6/898 ⁷The Builder, 27 May 1871:409
∫ Sedgwick Road, Hollingbury	Three-storey apartment blocks, built c1956-57 and later (1980s?) renamed Bramble Way. Derivation of the name is uncertain but could be from Sedgwick Park and Sedgwick Castle, near Horsham. 68 was the final residence of actress Phyllis Dare from 1966 to c1975.	Ke1956—
See-Saw Way, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac of timber-framed self-build houses off Vines Cross Road, built in 1993 to designs by Architype.
Sefton Road, Mile Oak		Ke1947—
Selba Drive, North Moulsecoomb	Cul-de-sac off Staplefield Drive, built by Coldean Self Build Association¹—hence the road's name.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/84/26/18523
Selborne Place, Hove		Pa1892—
Selborne Road, Hove Willett Estate conservation area	Listed to no 29 and 'Houses building' in Pa1878. 1 was the Stanford Estate Office and premises of surveyor and architect (1877-) and Augustus C Udny (1899-1911). 2 is on the site of a tumulus. 27 was the childhood residence of Sir Charles Aubrey Smith in the 1890s, when he was playing first class cricket for Sussex.	Pa1877—
Selhurst Road, Woodingdean	Numbered 6 September 1956, supplementary numbering 19 January 1962¹. Numbered 26 June 1958².	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/328 ²ESRO DB/D/27/322
Selmeston Place, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac off Whitehawk Way. Numbered 3 August 1983¹. Selmeston is a village in East Sussex.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/445
Selsey Close, Coldean	Seley is a town in West Sussex.
Selsfield Drive, West Moulsecoomb	Hawkridge Court is a block of 30 council flats on the Bates Estate, on a former housing office site, built by Morgan Sindall and completed October 2020.	Ke1954—
Semley Road Preston Park conservation area.	Built 1896-1897 by Thomas Scutt¹. The two sides differ in design, one side being amended from the original plan². The name is from a village on the Wiltshire estates of the Stanford family, which owned the land on which the road was built.	Pi1897— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/4293 ²ESRO DB/D/7/4450
Sevelands Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac off Whitehawk Way. Numbered March 1990¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/446
SEVEN DIALS	Point of intersection of Buckingham Place, Chatham Place, Goldsmid Road, Prestonville Road and Vernon Terrace with Dyke Road. The skeleton of a warrier, an urn and other items were found here on 25 October 1845.
Seville Street	Terraced housing built 1903 by Thomas Scutt for Kemp (13 houses) and Clyde (12 and 7 houses) and 1904 by Clayton & Black for Kemp (8 houses). Cul-de-sac at northern end.	Pi1905—
Seymour Square East Cliff conservation area.	Built on the site of the Bristol Brewery (see below) in the early 1970s.
Seymour Street East Cliff conservation area.	Seymour was the family name of the Dukes of Somerset; the 7th Duke was the 1st Earl of Egremont, whose title passed to is nephew Charles Wyndham. Lord George and Lady Seymour had a house nearby at 127 Marine Parade around the time when the street was created in the mid 1840s. †Bristol Brewery was built for Hallett & Abbey in 1854, although William Hallett had a brewery on the site from c1839. The name changed to Abbey & Son in 1892 and then Kemp Town Brewery in 1916. It was sold to Charringtons in 1963 and closed in April 1964. The site was sold in January 1970 and Seymour Square (qv) was built on the site.	Ke1845—
Shaftesbury Place	Part numbered 10 April 1881¹. London Road Station ppened in October 1877.	Pa1878— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/202
Shaftesbury Road		Pa1878—
Shakespeare Street, Hove	In the Poet's Corner district, this street is named after William Shakespeare (1564-1616). 'Houses building' in Pa1882-1885 and still under construction in 1890. All houses were designed by Thomas Lainson & Sons in 1894-1895.	Pa1882—
Shanklin Road	All original properties were built between 1897 and 1904, all by George Burstow. Part renumbered 26 April 1926¹. Shanklin Court is a block of apartments around a courtyard on the site of Forfars bakery (see Whippingham Street).	To1899— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/78
Sharpthorne Crescent, Hove	L-shaped road of bungalows and two-storey semi-detached houses.	Ke1947—
Sheep Walk, Rottingdean	From 50 Nevill Road. No thoroughfare.	Ke1973—
Sheepbell Close, Portslade	T shaped cul-de-sac off Thornbush Crescent comprising a terrace of five two-storey houses and parking bays.
Sheepcote Valley	Open downland that was used for landfill from 1916, increasing significantly in volume from 1952. The location for the First World War grave site and the trenches in the film Oh! What a Lovely War (1968).
Shelldale Avenue, Portslade	Local field name. Inter-war years terraced housing.	Ke1947—
Shelldale Crescent, Portslade	Local field name. Eight pairs of inter-war years semi-detached houses built around a square with converging triangular rear gardens.	Ke1947—
Shelldale Road, Portslade	Local field name.	Pa1890—
Shelley Road, Hove	In the Poet's Corner district, this street is named after Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). No properties were listed in To1902-1903. 1-39 (odd) were built by J Parsons & Sons¹. 2-42 (even) were built by George Burstow & Son². 41 was designed as a shop (Shelley Stores) by J Parsons & Sons³. It is now reesidential.	To1902— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/2315 (1 Aug 1902) ²ESRO DO/C/6/2298 (17 Jun 1902) ³ESRO DO/C/6/2533 (26 Apr 1904)
Shenfield Way, Hollingdean	Local field name.	Ke1969—
Shepham Avenue, Saltdean	Numbered 1 July 1965¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/431
Shepherd's Croft, Withdean	Housing was built from 1958 on a field adjacent to Withdean Stadium that had this name since the 18th century. Numbered 2 October 1958¹. No thoroughfare.	Ke1960— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/358
Sheppard Road, Portslade	Built late 1990s (?). Named after the Sussex and England cricketer and Bishop of Liverpool David Sheppard (1929-2005).
Sherbourne Close, Hangleton	Two-storey semi-detached, terraced and detached houses built around a green off Sherbourne Road with a cul-de-sac spur from the south-east corner. Designed by Toms & Partners for Summerdale Estates in 1938¹.	Ke1954— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/11235 (31 May 1938)
Sherbourne Road, Hangleton	Designed by Toms & Partners for Summerdale Estates in 1938¹. Land was bought by Hove Borough Council from H J Paris Ltd on 21 June 1951².	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/11235 (31 May 1938) ²ESRO BH/G/4/102
Sherbourne Way, Hangleton		Ke1954—
∫ Sheridan Road, Hove	Original name of the eastern section of Sheridan Terrace. 'Houses building' in Pa1882-1887; two properties listed and 'no other houses' in Pa1895.	Pa1882–Ke1938
∫ Sheridan Street, Hove	Original name of the western section of Sheridan Terrace. Hove Mortuary was off the north-west corner, adjacent to the railway line. Salvation Army Barracks were off the north-east corner.
Sheridan Terrace, Hove	In the Poet's Corner district, this street is named after dramatist, essayist and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816). The section running east to west between Sheridan Road and Sheridan Street was added in the late 1940s.	Pi1901–
Sherrington Road, Whitehawk	Numbered 2 June 1960¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/365
Ship Street Old Town conservation area.	One of the earliest streets in Brighton, bisecting the old town north to south. The northern part was originally an undeveloped space called the Hempshares. Formerly copyhold of the manor of Atlingworth, it was almost completely developed by 1776 with 70 houses, to which only another four were added by 1795. It was renamed in the late 18th century after the inn. Number of properties in 1822: 65. A number of the buildings may be refacing of earlier houses. The narrow north end was called Ship Street Lane. Much favoured by solicitors (at 14 addresses in 1851). Renumbered 7 June 1906¹. Holy Trinity Chapel, at the east corner of Duke Street, was built by Amon Henry Wilds for Thomas Kemp in 1817. Here Rev F W Robertson preached 1847-53, as marked by a plaque. It was remodelled in 1885-87 by George Somers Clarke and John Thomas Micklethwaite, with a stone façade to replace stucco, and closed in 1985, finding use as an art gallery, Fabrica. Grade II listed². 4-6 was the New Ship Hotel, opened in 1636 and rebuilt in the early 19th century and again in 1933, after which it became Henekey's wine bar and went through other ownership before becoming the Hotel du Vin. 7 was the Brighton Proprietary School (proprietor Phillip Capon) from before 1845 to c1880, becoming Brighton Collegiate School c1880 (Capon & Son, masters) until c1889. It was attended by the Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore in the 1870s. The bays are faced with mathematical tiles. Grade II listed³. 8 is solicitors' offices, the oldest firm in the town, founded in 1773 by William Attree, who became the first clerk and treasurer to the town Commissioners in that year and later acted for the Prince of Wales. It then became Clarke & Howlett. Faced in flint and brick. Grade II listed²¹. ph 10, Smugglers dates from the late 19th century. Grade II listed⁴. 14-14a are Grade II listed⁵. 15 and Ship Street Chambers are Grade II listed⁶. The shopfront of 15, currently boarded over (2023), was designed by Alfred Carden and installed by George Lockyerat a cost of £223 in 1881²⁴. 16-17 are Grade II listed⁷. 18-19 enfranchised 10 June 1895⁸. 22 Lamb Building (formerly Warnham House) was built c1800 as aterraced house, converted into a shop late 19th century, retaining the original shop front, as does 23. Grade II listed⁹. ph 27 Seven Stars Inn (formerly 21) reputedly dates from 1535 and was listed in directories by 1791²², although it was rebuilt c1900 and its preserved décor is distinctively Victorian. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club was founded at a meeting held here on 24 June 1901. It had an Irish theme as Flanagans and then O'Neil's from the 1970s but reverted to its heritage in the new century. Grade II listed¹⁰. 28-29 were terraced houses, converted to shop use. Grade II listed¹¹. 51 (previously 45) was the General Post Office, which moved here in 1849. An extension of c1895 was incorporated into the main building of c1925.The excise office was on the corner of Prince Albert Street. It closed in 2004 (?) and the post office was moved next door until that too closed in 2007. Grade II listed¹². —Here is Ship Street Court. 53-55 are Grade II listed¹³, originally terraced houses with 19th century shop fronts, now only on 53. 53 was James Thorpe's second-hand bookshop from the 1880s, then George Sexton's until the 1980s, right. Currently a coffee house. The tiles-in-iron-frame street name was reinstated in 2016. 57 is Grade II listed¹⁴. 58 was the residence of David Black, solicitor, town clerk and coroner of Brighton, whose brother Peter was French Consul in Brighton. It was also the childhood residence of his daughters Clementina and Constance. Grade II listed¹⁵ 59 has the date 1685 painted above the door. Friends' Meeting House and former caretaker's cottage of the Brighton Quaker Meeting was built in 1805 on land bought from a Quaker, William Grover. The meeting house was altered in 1817 and 1845. The burial ground closed in 1854 and an adult school, possibly designed by Holford and Clayton, was added in 1876-1877 and the entrance to the building modified. Grade II listed²³. 59 comprises three shops, two with 19th century shop fronts, on either side of a porticoed door to the residential quarters. Grade II listed¹⁶. 62-64 are Grade II listed¹⁷. —Here is Black Lion Lane. 68 is dated 1738 with the initials IBM above the door. Grade II listed¹⁸. 69 dates from the 1840s but may be refacing of an earlier house. Grade II listed¹⁹. 73 Old Ship Assembly Rooms opened in 1767, with interiors of the same date by Robert Golden. The Ship Street frontage dates from c1895. Niccolo Paganini gave a concert in the ballroom in 1831. Grade II* listed²⁰.	Co1799— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/127 ²HE 1380934 ³HE 1380908 ⁴HE 1380908 ⁵HE 1380909, 1380913 ⁶HE 1380914 ⁷HE 1380915 ⁸ESRO ACC8745/32 ⁹HE 1380916 ¹⁰HE 1380936 ¹¹HE 1380918 ¹²HE 1380919 ¹³HE 1380920 ¹⁴HE 1380921 ¹⁵HE 1380922 ¹⁶HE 1380923 ¹⁷HE 1380924, 1380926, 1380927 ¹⁸HE 1380929 ¹⁹HE 1380931 ²⁰HE 1380932 ²¹HE 1380907 ²²British Directory of Trade, Commerce and Manufacture ²³HE 1380935 ²²The Builder, 1881-05-14:624
Ship Street Court	At 40 (later between 52 and 53) Ship Street. No thoroughfare. No properties listed from 1968.	Co1799–Ke1970
Ship Street Gardens Old Town conservation area.	Formerly known as Middle Street Lane. No thoroughfare. 13-16 are probably 18th century shops, with mid 19th century shop fronts. Grade II listed¹. 13 was the Mechanics Institution. Among treasures is a 'labour note', the world's first known example of currency value related to work done.	Ke1845— ¹HE 1380937
∫ Ship Street Lane	Former name of the section of Ship Street between North Street and Duke Street.	Co1799–Fo1862
Shipley Road, Woodingdean	Stepped terraces of two-storey houses between Cowley Drive and Crescent Drive South.	Ke1966—
Shirley Avenue, Hove	Build c1956-57. The name comes from Anthony Shirley. No properties listed in Ke1956-1958.	Ke1956—
Shirley Drive, Hove	Stanford Estate. New road, designated 9 November 1920¹. No properties listed in Pi1921. Layout: July 1926². New sewer: June 1925, July 1926³. Numbered c1931. 25b is a back development by Beecham Moore Partnership, built c2009. 25c is a back development by Harrison Architecture & Design, built c2009. 28 was designed by Stavers H Tiltman as his own residence⁴, one of the first three houses on the west side. †Stanford Estate Office was on the south-east corner of The Droveway.	Pi1921— ¹ESRO DO/C/8/338 ²ESRO DO/C/8/928 ³ESRO DO/C/8/776,931 ⁴ESRO DO/C/8/983
Shirley Mews, Hove	At 4 Shirley Street.
Shirley Road, Cliftonville	Stanford Estate. Layout: c1900, August 1903-February 1905, January 1908, November 1925¹.	Pi1925— ¹DO/C/8/59,143,163,830
Shirley Street, Hove Hove Station conservation area.	Two-storey terraced houses with workshops and shops (some converted to residences).	Pa1875—
Shoreham Airport	While not within the boundaries of the city, this is formally known as Brighton City Airport. Terminal building was designed by Stavers H Tiltman. A location for a number of film and television programmes including The Master Plan (1955), The Big Switch (1969), Richard III and The Da Vinco Code.
∫ Shoreham Road	The former name of King's Road.
Shortgate Road, North Moulsecoomb		Ke1947—
Sidehill Drive, Mile Oak	Cul-de-sac. The city boundary is at the western end of the road. Part of a cluster with the imaginatively-named Edgehill Way and Tophill Close.
Sidney Street	See Sydney Street.
† Sidney Terrace	See Sydney Terrace.
Sillwood Place Regency Square conservation area.	Built 1827-28 by A H Wilds. Sir David Scott bought the still incomplete development and commissioned Wilds to build Sillwood House as his own residence. Sillwood Park was Scott's estate in Berkshire. The western side was a hotel until 1960 and was demolished in 1969 to make way for Osprey House in Montpelier Road. 1-8 were designed by Amon Henry Wilds 1827-29. Grade II listed¹. 9 was designed by Amon Henry Wilds 1827-29. Grade II listed². 10-11 were designed by Amon Henry Wilds 1827-29. Grade II listed³. 16 was the Brighton residence of Maria (née Morgan), Dowager Countess of Carhampton, who died here in 1857. Sillwood Hall. See Montpelier Road	Ke1845— ¹HE 1380938 ²HE 1380939 ³HE 1380940
Sillwood Road Regency Square conservation area.	Previously known as Sober's Gardens and Western Cottages when the east side was built in the 1820s. Mrs Sober was the sister of Thomas Read Kemp, who had a house, Western Lodge, where Sillwood Terrace now stands. The west side was added by Thomas Lainson on the former site of Mrs Sober's garden c1870, when the street acquired its name. It was numbered c.1872. Façades on the east side vary in design (eg, see 23). 3-4 freehold sold for £1,310 in September 1888³. 10 (previously 8) was the residence of the portrait artist John James Masquerier from c1823 until his death. 11 (previously 9) was occupied from time to time by the painter John Constable between 1824 and 1828. He painted a picture of the nearby Western Lodge. His residency is marked by a Brighton & Hove City Council plaque. 13-14 are Grade II listed¹. 23 has a front designed by Arthur Loader and built in 1880 by Willam Hackman Jr at a tender price of £385⁴. 32-47 were designed and built by Thomas Lainson c1870. Grade II listed².	Pa1873— ¹HE 1380941 ²HE 1380944 ³The Builder, 22 Sep 1888:220 ⁴The Builder, 20 Dec 1879:1415c
Sillwood Street Regency Square conservation area.	Built 1820s. Renumbered 6 November 1950¹. The gate piers and walls to Sillwood Place are Grade II listed². †18 was the brewery of Keeping & CHessman in 1850. By 1854 it was owned by W G & S Ashby, known as the Bedford Brewery and soon merged with the Castle Brewery in Castle Street. ph 24, the Lion and Lobster (formerly 27) was The Olive Branch from the mid 1830s until the end of the 20th century. It was also (briefly) called The Rockingham. [ph] 45 (formerly 13) opened as York House in the mid-late 1830s and was later The York Arms	Ke1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/291 ²HE 1380945
Sillwood Terrace Regency Square conservation area.		Pa1878—
Silver Birch Close	Private road built by City Partnership Housing in 2015-2016 on a former sports ground off Rowan Avenue as the continuation of Lions Gate.
Silverdale Avenue, Hove		Pi1912—
Silverdale Road, Hove	Former Goldsmid land¹. 'No houses' in Pi1909. Silverdale Court built after August 1963¹.	Pi1909— ¹ESRO ACC8745/37 ²ESRO DB/D/27/294
Silverthorne's Mews	See 4 Queensbury Mews.
Singleton Road, Patcham	One of several streets off Carden Avenue with local Sussex place names. Singleton is a village near Chichester. Numbered 30 July 1936¹.	Ke1936— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/13
† Sion Hill		Ba1822
∫ Sion Place	Now called Zion Place. See also Mount Zion Place.	Ba1822
Slinfold Close	Post war development named after Sussex village.
∫ Sloane Street	Between Freshfield Road and Park Street. It is now the (unnamed) access road to the rear of Leach Court (see Eastern Road). ph †39, The Rifleman Tavern opened in 1868 and closed c1910. ph †47, The Cadogan Arms opened in 1854 and closed in 1946.¹ Hills Cottage. 1851. Park Villa. 1851.	Fo1848— ¹JGC image
† Smart's Court	See May's Court.	[1851]
† Smith's Buildings	At 41 North Street.	Pi1901–Pi1915
∫ Snaky Lane	Early informal name for Withdean Road because of it sinuosity.
Solway Avenue, Patcham	Part of the Ladies Mile Estate, named by developer George Ferguson after the firth that forms the coast of Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. Named 27 April 1933¹.	Ke1934— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/30
Somerhill Avenue, Hove	No properties listed in Pi1912.	Pi1912—
Somerhill Road, Hove	Somerhill House was the Jacobean mansion of Hove landowner Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and his successors near Tonbridge, Kent. See also Nizells Avenue. Davigdor County Infant School was formerly in Davigdor Road until the new school was built here in 1986. It was merged with Somerhill Junior School in 2015 to form Brunswick Primary School. 1-18, Park Gate comprises two four-storey blocks of flats, each consisting of two linked sections, designed by Eric Lyons for Span Developments in 1960. St Ann's Well Gardens The lease was taken in 1894 by George Albert Smith, who developed it as a pleasure garden. The pump house became his laboratory when he began film-making in 1896 and he built a 'glass-house' studio in the grounds c1901. In 1903 he surrendered the lease, which went to another showman, A H Tee. The gardens were acquired by the Borough of Hove and opened as a public park by the mayor of Hove, Alderman Captain A B S Fraser on 23 May 1908. The sculpture In Our Hands was made of 5,500 living plants and compost on a wire-mesh frame. It was designed for the Eco-Brighton project by Cliff Wright and Kathryn Jordan and constructed between spring 2006 and April 2007 at Stanmer Park and installed in Victoria Gardens, where it was immediately vandalised. It was moved here early June 2007. See also Furze Road.	Pi1896—
† Somerset Place		[1839]
Somerset Street	The Dukes of Somerset (family name: Seymour) were related to the Earls of Egremont, and at one time the titles were held in common, the 7th Duke being the 1st Earl. Jacqueline Du Pré Court and Evelyn Glennie Court sheltered retirement housing blocks were built in 1994 and named after the cellist Jacqueline Du Pré (1945-1987) and the deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie (b 1965).	Fo1848—
Sompting Close, Whitehawk	Cul-de-sac off Wiston Way. Numbered August 1991¹. Sompting is a village in West Sussex.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/446
South Avenue Queens Park conservation area.	The southern boundary of Queen's Park. No properties listed in Pi1896.	Pi1896—
∫ South Parade	Former name of 19-34 Old Steine.	Co1799
† South Providence Place		[1851]
South Road, Preston Preston Village conservation area (all properties east of railway bridge).	The petrol station on the corner of Preston Road was built c.1972 on the site of the Black Lion pub. The properties that form the southern side of Preston Village Mews are on the site of a former coal merchant's yard. The Old Cottage, Little Barn and Mulberry Cottage were formerly a single farmhouse, dated 1636 but probably refronted in the 18th century. Grade II listed¹. 7, 9, 11, the estate office, was designed by Charles Stanley Peach and built 1907. Grade II listed¹.	Pa1878— ¹HE 1380947 ²HE 1380946
South Road Mews, Preston	Built c.1998 on the site of the Adas engineering works of Alfred Darling, the pre-eminent pioneer of cinematography equipment, to which he came from 25 Ditchling Rise.
† South Row	This was where Royal York Buildings now stand in Old Steine.
South Street, Brighton Old Town conservation area.	Formerly Middle Street Lane. Number of properties in 1822: 17. The original South Street—with small cottage dwellings—was nearer the sea, close to West Cliff and the site of the present King's Road, but was washed away in the 18th century.	Ba1822—
South Street, Portslade Portslade conservation area.	1-5 Robin's Row are 18th century cottages, revised late 20th century. Grade II listed¹. Baptist Chapel was built to replace the one in Chapel Place. Church of St Nicolas is the ancient parish church of Portslade and the oldest church in continuous use in the area, dating from c.1150. It was enlarged a century later, a north aisle added 1849 and the Brackenbury Chapel in 1869. In 1959 the roof was restored, a vestry and organ gallery added. Grade II* listed²; the churchyard boundary walls are Grade II listed³. Southdown Brewery was built for John Dudney in 1881, probably once the tax on malt was repealed in 1880, replacing the malthouse and brewery in Drove Road, Portslade. The tenders for fitting out the brewery are online⁴. It is now Le Carbone electrical components factory. Whychcote was the residence from 1928 until his death of actor Andrew Melville (1882-1936), proprietor of the Grand Theatre in North Road, Brighton.	To1902— ¹HE 1292518 ²HE 1398648 ³HE 1209404 image ⁴The Builder 1881-02-19:231
South Woodlands, Patcham	Numbered 1 July 1965¹.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/432
Southall Avenue, Moulsecoomb	Numbered 1922 and amended 3 March 1927¹.	Ke1924— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/197
∫ Southall Way, Moulsecoomb	Fomer name of Southall Avenue¹. Numbered 1922, amended 3 March 1927^a.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/197
Southampton Street	Consecutive numbering: north-west side from Southover Street, returning on the south-east side.	Pa1867—1861
Southdown Avenue, Brighton Preston Park conservation area.	Formerly a section of Southdown Road, renamed and renumbered 6 February 1896¹; part renumbered 6 December 1906².	Pi1897— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/113 ²ESRO DB/D/27/130
Southdown Avenue, Portslade		Ke1947—
Southdown Cottages, Portslade	Leading off Drove Road.	To1902–Pi1925—
Southdown Place, Woodingdean Preston Park conservation area.	Named and numbered 7 December 1954¹.	Ke1958— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/332
Southdown Road, Brighton Preston Park conservation area.	'Houses building and unoccupies' in Pa1883-1887. Numbered 19 October 1893¹. Part renamed as Southdown Avenue in 1896. St Ives. 1881.	Pa1883— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/87
Southdown Road, Portslade Portslade Old Village conservation area (1-8 consecutive).	1-7 and 2-8 were built by Southdown Brewery in neighbouring Drove Road for its workers.
Southern Cross	District in Portslade around the crossroads formed by the road south to the coast at Copperas Gap from the original Portslade village (now Locks Hill/Trafalgar Road) and Old Shoreham Road. The inn here was called the Southern Cross. Southern Cross looking north from Trafalgar Road.
Southern Ring Road, Falmer	University of Sussex campus.
Southmount, Hollingdean	Cul-de-sac off Davey Drive.	Ke1956—
Southon Close, Portslade		Ke1969—
Southover Place Valley Gardens conservation area.	From 4 Southover Street. No thoroughfare. Garages and backs of 83-96 Hanover Street.	Ke1958—
Southover Street Valley Gardens conservation area.	Renumbered c1864, part renumbered 5 October 1893¹. 26 'recently erected' in October 1882². ph 50 Sir Charles Napier is named after the general (1782-1853) who captured Sind in 1842 and is erroneously credited with devising the pun 'Peccavi' (Latin for 'I have sinned'), which was coined by 17-year-old Miss Catherine Winkworth. Napier's statue is in Trafalgar Square, London. 85 Albert Cottage, renumbered 124 by 1865, was the residence of town surveyor Philip Causton Lockwood c1862- †Police Fire Station was on the corner with Finsbury Road in the 1890s. Victoria Cottage. 1851.	Ke1846— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/98 ²ESRO ACC8745/14
Southwater Close	Post-war low-rise council development named after Sussex village. No properties listed in Ke1954-1956.	Ke1954—
† Spa Street	Formerly known as Nottingham Street, renamed after the nearby German Spa in Queen's Park. Removed in 1898 to be replaced by Tillstone Street. †Almhouses founded by Sir Thomas Bloomfield in 1852, later known as Widows' Cottages, survived the surrounding demolition to create Tillstone Street in the 1890s until 1947, having been derelict for some time. They were replaced by housing in the 1950s. †Ragged schools were here 1854 and became National School for Boys & Infants from 1873 until 1882.	Ta1854–Pi1901 image
† Speed's Passage, Portslade	Cul-de-sac off High Street. R Speed lived at Victoria House in High Street.	Pa1891–To1902
Spencer Avenue, Hangleton		Ke1949—
The Spinney Tongdean conservation area.	Cul-de-sac off Dyke Road Avenue.	Ke1970—
Sportcentre Road, Falmer	University of Sussex campus.
Spring Gardens	Number of properties in 1822: 52. Numbered April 1921¹. Cottages on the west side were demolished ph †24, Founder's Arms opened by 1832 and closed c1926. 26-30 was the Southern Publishing Company's printing works. ph †45, Nottingham Unity opened by 1898 and closed c1910.	Ba1822— ¹ESRO DB/D/46/874
Spring Street, Brighton Clifton Hill conservation area.	Built 1820s. ph 1 was the Shakespeare's Head from 1845.	[1826] Ke1845—
∫ Spring Street, Patcham	Former name for the section of Old London Road north of Ladies Mile Road, running into Church Hill.
∫ Spring Walk, Patcham	Former name of Church Street in the late 18th century¹, changed from North Back Side. It was officially renamed Church Street by the Town Commissioners in 1792.	¹1803 map
Springfield Road, Preston Preston Park conservation area.	The site of a Roman farmhouse was excavated at the corner with Preston Road in 1877¹. Numbered or renumbered 21 August 1879². Wall letter box outside 35 bears the VR royal cipher.	Pa1878— ¹Musgrave (2011): 20 ²ESRO DB/D/27/250
Square, The, Patcham Patcham conservation area.	The drinking fountain was originally close to Surrenden Field, placed there in 1897 in memory of Juliana Gregory of Withdean Lodge in London Road by her surviving sisters. The lamp post are Grade II listed¹. 8-9, 13-18, 19-20 are 18th century terraced cottages. Grade II listed¹. Lamp post is Grade II listed²	¹HE 1381024, 1381026, 1381027 ²HE 1381028
† Stable Lane	Off North Street.	Co1799
† Stable Yard		Census1861
Stafford Road, Prestonville	Saxon remains, including bones, ornaments and weaponry, were found here^a and presented to Brighton Museum in 1893 and in 1985 three sixth-century skeletons were found during work on a house. All houses were designed by Thomas Simpson, except 11-21 (odd). 'No houses' in Pi1888, four properties listed and 'others building' in Pa1892. Named after John Edward Stafford.	Pi1888— ¹Smith, Paul S: 'Early Anglo-Saxon Burials from Stafford Road, Brighton, East Sussex' in Sussex Archaeological Collections vol. 126: 31-52
Standean Close, Coldean	Cul-de-sac off Hawkhurst Road. Named and numbered 3 February 1966¹.	Ke1968— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/441
Stanford Estate	The Stanford family were landowners in Preston and Hove areas, William Stanford, a farmer (who also became prosperous for holding the Brighton Town Commissioners' contract to clear night-soil and sewage), having acquired Preston Manor in Preston Drove and its lands in 1745. The lineage descended to Ellen Stanford, whose second husband, Charles Thomas-Stanford, was one of the Unionist members of parliament for Brighton and gave Preston Manor to the town. Plans for development of the estate were announced in 1870 and the following year, the estate's surveyor, H J Lanchester revealed a revised scheme for the area of over 40 acres between Adelaide Crescent/Palmeira Square and the southern part of Cliftonville, to be deeveloped with 'more breathing room'. An additional 15 acres north and west from Holy Trinity Church in Blatchington Road, between what is now Goldstone Villas and Sackville Road, was also let for development¹. In 1872 the estate announced plans to build 100 houses a year for the next 15 years². This, combined with the creation of the Aldrington estate and other building, was a major factor in the rapid enlargement of Hove in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Deom one property with an annual rentl value of £40 in 1871, the estate gre to 526 residences a=representing a total outlay of £2m by 1879³.	¹The Builder 27 May 1871:409 ²Building News, 19 Jul 1872 ²The Builder, 13 Dec 1879:1386a
Stanford Avenue Preston Park conservation area (1-121 odd, 24-120 even, St. Augustine's Church and Hall, Stanford Avenue Methodist Church).	Build from 1880; one house and 'other houses unoccupied and building' in Pa1881. Numbered 1 August 1884¹; renumbered 19 April 1894² and April 1921³. Section between Ditchling Road and Edburton Avenue renumbered 28 January 1926⁴. Church of St Augustine was founded in a temporary iron building in 1894 and replaced by the red brick building designed by G E Streatfield in 1896, with an extension added in 1913 by Sir T G Jackson. It closed in 2004 and became an arts and events centre. Grade II listed⁵. Stanford Avenue Methodist Church was designed by E J Hamilton; the contractor was Saunders & Sons of Shoreham. It opened as a Bible Christian Church on 27 May 1898⁷. 9 (St Albans) was the residence of John George Blaker from its construction 1892 until 1886. 79 (The Romans) was built for and was the residence of Sir John George Blaker from 1886. Now architects' offices. Clock Tower and Octagonal Pavilion in Preston Park, built 1891/92, are Grade II listed⁶. Pillar box at the corner of Waldegrave Road bears the VR royal cipher.	Pa1881— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/200 ²ESRO DB/D/27/85 ³ESRO DB/D/46/874 ⁴ESRO DB/D/27/174 ⁵HE 1380950 ⁶HE 1380948, 1380949 ⁷Building News, 1898-05-27:762c, 1898-06-03:776b
Stanford Close, Hove	No properties listed in Ke1937.	Ke1937—
Stanford Road	Built by Daniel Friend in the 1860s early in the Prestonville development. The section south of Old Shoreham Road was originally called Prestonville Road. Renumbered 17 July 1884¹, ². 48, Highlands was Daniel Friend's residence. Stanford Junior School was built 1893 and is attributed to Thomas Simpson but may be by his son, John W Simpson.	Pa1865— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/245 ²image 1, image 2
Stanley Avenue, Mile Oak	Church of the Good Shepherd was originally a tin structure donated in 1936 by the Vicar of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Dyke Road and Mrs Alice Mary Moor. It was replaced by a modern red brick structure.	Ke1947—
Stanley Road, Brighton	'Other houses building' in Pa1874. Calvary Church Building and City Mission is, as shown above the door, the former Railway Mission Classrooms of 1895.	Pa1874—
Stanley Road, Portslade	The city boundary is at the western end of the road. ph Stanley Arms. See Wolseley Road.
Stanley Street	Consecutive numbering from Sussex Street on the north-west side, returning on the south-east side.	Census1871; Pa1871—
STANMER	One of the ancient manors and parishes in the area. Occupation of the site dates back to the Bronze Age (c.1500 BC). In 765 King Aedwulf granted the lands to the canons of South Malling and in the 13th century the estate belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Church lost the lands at the time of the Reformation. The name derives from old English ('stony mere'). The village was evacuated during World War II for military occupation and training. It was absorbed into the County Borough of Brighton in 1952.
Stanmer CA	Conservation area, designated 1970 and extended in 1988 and 2010., comprising 128ha (316.29 acres).	Character statement Map
Stanmer Avenue, Saltdean	Numbered 1 September 1955¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/326
Stanmer Avenue West, Saltdean	Numbered 1 September 1955¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/47
Stanmer Great Wood	includes a linear earthwork, possibly Iron Age, scheduled as a National Monument¹.	¹HE 1343895
Stanmer Park Stanmer conservation area (Stanmer House, Well House and Stables, Stanmer Church & Well House, Stanmer Stores, The Home Farmhouse, Stanmer 1-16 consec, 19, The Lower Lodges 37/38, The Barn).	Stanmer House and the surrounding park were created by the Pelham family. Sir Henry Pelham. The 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th Earls of Chichester died and were buried at Stanmer. The estate was damaged under military occupation during World War II and restored after acquisition by Brighton Corporation in 1947. The park is classified by English Heritage as a Grade 2 park of special historic interest¹⁴. Stanmer Church was built in 1838 to replace a 13th century building destroyed by fire. Designed by J Butler of Chichester, it was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 24 October 1839 and sponsored at a cost of £14,000 by Henry Thomas Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester, in whose memory the east window was installed in 1883 (?). Pelham was head of the Church Estates Committee. The font was presented by Lady Emma Pennant¹⁶. Among artefacts rescued from the earlier church are the royal arms of George III. The church is Grade II listed¹. Stanmer House was designed by Nicholas Dubois and built in 1722-27, extending an earlier house. It was altered in 1860 and is Grade I listed. During construction of the nearby University of Sussex it was used as the administrative headquarters of the university from 1961. Grade I listed. The former stables (c1725) are Grade II* listed²; the wall to the south and west of the stables is also Grade II listed¹³. The north and south Lower Lodge are Grade II listed³, as are the store shed⁸ (known as Bothies) and the wellhouses in the churchyard⁹ and between the house and stables¹⁰. 1-2, 3-6 are mid 18th century semi-detached houses, damaged under military occupation during World War II and restored after acquisition by Brighton Corporation. Grade II listed⁴. 7-10 are mid/late 19th century terraced houses, damaged under military occupation during World War II and restored after acquisition by Brighton Corporation. Grade II listed⁵. 13 and16 are 19th century. Grade II listed⁶. 14-15 are 18th century. Grade II listed⁷. Water catcher to the west of the house is grade II listed¹¹. The Barn is Grade II listed¹². Home Farmhouse dates originally from the mid 18th century, later extended. Grade II listed⁷,a s are the garden walls¹⁵. Stanmer House represented NATO headquarters in The Master Plan (1955).	¹HE 1380955 ²HE 1380959 ³HE 1380953, 1380954 ⁴HE 1380964, 1380965 ⁵HE 1390966 ⁶HE 1380967 ⁷HE 1389910 ⁸HE 1380962 ⁹HE 1380957 ¹⁰HE 1380961 ¹¹HE 1380961 ¹²HE 1379909 ¹³HE 1380960 ¹⁴HE 1001447 ¹⁵HE 1380149 ¹⁶Brighton Gazette, 31 Oct 1839:3b
Stanmer Park Road		Pi1909—
Stanmer Street	Short link road between Stanmer Park Road and Stabmer Villas.	Pi1909—
Stanmer Village	Medieval settlement to the west of the village street is a scheduled ancient monument¹. The Barn and Home Farmhouse are Grade II listed².	¹HE 1418222 ²HE 1379910
Stanmer Villas, Hollingdean	Numbered 27 May 1937¹.	Pi1926— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/36
Stanstead Crescent, Woodingdean		Ke1966—
Staplefield Drive, North Moulsecoomb		Ke1956—
Stapley Road, Hove	Anthony Stapley was MP successively for New Shoreham, Lewes and then Sussex. He lived at Patcham Place in London Road. A puritan, he supported the parliamentary side in the civil wars and was a signatory of Charles I's death warrant. After the Restoration, his son John (1628-1701) was created Baron Stapley of Patcham for the part he played in a 1657 Royalist conspiracy.	Pi1928—
Station Approach, Falmer	Falmer Railway Station. Wall postbox adjacent to the station entrance bears the VR royal cipher.
Station Approach, Hove Hove Station conservation area.	Hove Railway Station. The earlier Hove Station was probably designed by F D Banister, opened as Cliftonville Station on 1 October 1863 and still stands to the east of the current station building. It was renamed West Brighton in July 1879 and changed to Hove and West Brighton in October 1894, following the opening of the current building. It was finally named Hove in July 1895. The forecourt was laid out 1905 and incorporated a porte-cochère repurposed from London Victoria. The station is Grade II listed¹, as is the footbridge (1880s). The ticket office from the Hove Park Villas entrance is in the Amberley Museum, near Arundel. Pillar box adjacent to the station footbridge is one of only two in the city that bears no royal cipher, known as an 'anonymous box', dating from 1883-1887. The original Hove Station, now commercial offices).	Ke1949— ¹HE 1187584
∫ Station Road, Cliftonville	Former (imformal) name of Goldstone Villas (Road).	Pa1882
Station Road, Portslade	B2194. The western side of the road only. See also Boundary Road, Portslade. Renumbering in 1901 reversed the direction to start at the railway and head south. ph 2, The Railway Inn was here (probably mid-1880s) before being rebuilt 1901, designed by Samuel Denman. ph 81-82, The Blue Anchor has been here since at least 1881. 85-86 is dated 1898 on the unexpectedly elaborate entrance arch. 87 bears a cast-iron sign for 'The Market' on the upper floor front. Eastern Terrace. 1881. Garden Cottages. 1881. Providence Place. 1881. Russel House. 1881. United Reformed Church was opened in 1932 alongside the original Portslade Congregational Chapel in St Aubyns Road. The Shoreham-Portslade tramway ended here..	Pa1882—
Station Road Passage, Portslade	From 30 Station Road to Gordon Road.	Pa1882—
Station Road, Preston Preston Park conservation area.	Part of the Clermont estate, developed by Daniel Friend. The terrace of cottages was built c.1870 to house railway workers. Originally ending at the boundary of Tivoli Gardens, the road was extended (after 1882?) as far as the back of Withdean Court and the bridge over the railway to join Withdean Road. This still unmade section of road is known popularly as Snakey Lane.	Pa1871—
Station Street	†Hudson's Depository opened in February 1869. The entire area is floored with fire-proof asphalte from Pyrimont. Workers Leaving Brighton Railway Works was film here by G A Smith in 1897.	Census1851, Ta1854—
† Steel(e)'s Buildings	'Houses condemned' in Pa1891. Clifton Mission Hall, associated with Clifton Road church.	Census1851; Ta1854–Pi1897
∫ Steine, The	Now Old Steine.	Co1799 as Old Steine
Steine Court	Narrow alley of poor late 18th century housing off the north side of Pool Valley.
Steine Gardens East Cliff conservation area.	Number of properties in 1822: 13.	Ba1822— image
Steine (Steyne) Lane Old Town conservation area. Valley Gardens conservation area.	Originally the south side of Castle Square. 1 is the rear of the former Royal Pavilion Hotel at 7 Castle Square. Grade II listed.	Co1799—
∫ Steine Place Buildings	The row of properties on the south side of Old Steine, into which it was incorporated. 8 (now 46 Old Steine) was underleased for 99 years less 10 days at £7 year and a premium of £1,400 on 5 November 1803 by John Hall of Brighton, surgeon, to Thomas Brett of Parliament Street, Westminster, with the use of a passage from the back of the house to the road leading from the west part of the Steine to Pool Lane, with the use of the well and pump behind the houses, subject to a third of the cost of its maintenance. (Adjoining properties: to the west: messuage of Mrs Michell, widow; to the east: 7 Steine Place Buildings; to the south: yard belonging to John Hall by the same lease; to the north: an open road.)¹	¹ESRO amsgg/AMS6625/2
† Steine Row	Built after 1776; 15 houses by 1795. Number of properties in 1822: 4.	Ba1822
Steine Street East Cliff conservation area.	Built after 1776; 15 houses by 1795. Long association with food. 2 was an oyster bar and variously-named restaurant (1930s), Harry's Restaurant (1954-after 1973) and Charlie's Restaurant (1947-after 1973). ph 3 was the Sloop (1799). This could be the same as the next. ph 4 (numbered 3 in Pa1891, 3a in Ke1949-1958) was the Queen's Head (1845-1958). 4a was the Old Steine Rooms (1912). It was the Karle restaurant (1914-1915), St James' Restaurant (1916-), then Jimmy's Restaurant (-1972), all owned by Edlin Bros (1921-1972). 5 was a riding school and livery stable (from 1845) called the Royal Mews, which then became the Southdown Motor Services offices c1917 until at least the 1970s, from which motor coaches left between the world wars. ph 6 was the Brighton Packet Inn ( before 1822-1873), then the Aquarium Inn (1874-2014), renamed the Plotting Parlour in 2014. 8 was the Albemarle dining rooms/restaurant (1897-1920), also in no 7 in 1902-1907). ph 10 was auction rooms (1848-). It was the Three and Ten with a performance venue Upstairs at Three and Ten. It became Bar Broadway from 2014 to 2020.	Co1799—
Stephens Road, Hollingdean		Ke1954—
Stevenson Road	On the site of Kemp Town railway station, which opened in August 1869. Could it be named—and misspelt—after George Stephenson (1781 1848), the railway pioneer.
† Steyne Place		[1826-1861]
Steyning Avenue, Hove		Ke1951—
STEYNING EAST RURAL DISTRICT	Much of the northern part of the city was administratively part of Steyning RDC until 1928, when part of the parishes of Patcham, and West Blatchington were added to the County Borough of Brighton under the Brighton Corporation Act 1927.
Steyning Road, Rottingdean Rottingdean conservation area (Westview, Southdown, Brookside, Mulberry House, Braemer House, St Ives, Corner House, The Lodge, Rumneys).	Ewhurst was the residence c1910-1914 of the author Alfred Noyes.	Pi1921—
Stirling Place, Cliftonville Old Hove conservation area.	The south side was called Stirling Terrace until 1888, when the two sides were renumbered. ph 3, The Stirling Arms (formerly 1) was built in 1876 by George Tuppen¹ for Abbey & Sons (later the Kemp Town Brewery). Additions were made by by Scott & Cawthorn in 1891², by W J Chadwell in 1899³, as he took over as landlord, and by Alfred Chadwell in 1914⁴. The name was changed to The Foragers in 2006 but reverted to its traditional name in 2021. 2-16 (old numbering) were designed by Thomas Lainson in 1878-1879. 30 incorporates a recessed and partly hidden arched gateway giving access to a twitten to Connaught Road and clearly associated with the school. It originally led to a straight footpath to Church Road alongside the gas works.	Pa1874— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/130 ²ESRO DO/C/6/966 ³ESRO DO/C/6/1875 ⁴ESRO DO/C/6/3958
∫ Stirling Terrace, Cliftonville	The original name of the south side of Stirling Place until 1888, when the two sides were renumbered. 16 was the residence of the caretaker of Connaught Road Schools.	Pa1881–To1899
Stone Mere Way	Created to provide access to Stanmer Park and the University of Sussex when the A270 (Lewes Road) was made intoa dual-carriageway..
Stone Street Regency Square conservation area (south side: 1-6 consecutive, 6a, 7-13 consecutive, 13a, 14; north side).	13a-14 may be the only surviving examples of fly stables from the early 19th century. Grade II listed¹. The fly—a two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a man or boy—may have originated in Brighton. Riding Stables. 1851.	[1838] Ke1846— ¹HE 1409670
Stonecroft Close, Hangleton	Local field was called Stoney Croft.	Ke1956—
Stonecross Road, East Moulsecoomb	Built in the late 1940s. Most streets in the north of the area are named after Sussex villages.	Ke1949—
Stoneham Road, Aldrington	Named after William Stoneham of Fenchurch Street, London, a mortgagee and part owner of a piece of land in Aldrington, who, with Rev George William Kendall (see Kendal Road) sold the land for five neighbouring streets to George Payne of Brighton and Edgar Payne of Bayswater, London on 30 July 1900 for £11,345¹. No properties listed in Pi1901. 24-34 (even) were sold by George Payne and Edgar Payne to Bertie Walter Cook, fruiterer, of Brighton for £1,780 on 7 March 1904, who sold 24-28 (even) to George William Kelley, fruiter, of Brighton for £890 on 8 March 1904. 28a-29h, terrace of eight houses, replaced a mission hall by Clayton & Black of 1904². 80 was designed by Samuel Denman and built 1900. From 1904 to 1912 it was Abbott Brothers' mineral water factory, then vacant for some years until becoming Maynard's wholesale confectionery factory from 1927 to 1962. It was converted into seven loft-style residences by Dominic Richards in 2002. Stoneham Recreation Ground was opened on 1 October 1913 by the mayor of Hove, Alderman Barnet Marks, on land given to the town by the Duke of Portland in 1911 and was originally known as the Portland Recreation Ground. There is a commemorative stone in the south-east corner. Stoneham Road Baptist Church was built in 1904 and the adjoining church hall was added in 1931.	Pi1901— ¹ESRO AMS5976/1 ²ESRO DO/C/6/2479
Stonehurst Court	Cul-de-sac off Down Terrace. Sussex place name. Council housing.
Stoneleigh Avenue		Ke1947—
Stoneleigh Close	T-shaped cul-de-sac of (dormer) bungalows off Stoneleigh Avenue. Named October 1964 and numbered 7 July 1966¹.	¹ESRO DB/D/27/415
† The Stonery, Portslade	'On the Downs'. Market garden and cottage. Approximately on the site of Portslade Aldridge Community Academy, south of Chalky Road.	To1898–To1902
Stonery Close, Portslade	Cul-de-sac of council flats above integral garages. Adjacent to the site of The Stonery.	Ke1966—
Storrington Close, Hove	One of a group of adjoining roads named after Sussex villages.	Ke1954—
STRETTON ESTATE , Aldrington	The northward development of Aldrington, on the north side of Old Shoreham Road, was on land known as Barn Field acquired by Joseph Harris Stretton in the 1880s but not developed until 1909 and later by his trustees. The four roads have the names of his children: Dorothy Road, Gladys Road, Hallyburton Road and Margery Road.
Stringer Way	A track, named after Alderman Dorothy Stringer, across the playing fields from Balfour Road to Draxmont Way, past Dorothy Stringer High School.
† Strong Court
Stroudley Road	In the New England Quarter development. William Stroudley was locomotive superintendent at the Brighton works of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway. Brighton Belle is an apartment block named after the train and designed by Fielden Clegg Bradley Architects c2010.
Sudeley Place East Cliff conservation area.	Formerly known as Mill Place after East Mill (see below), re-named after Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley, who lived at 1 Eastern Terrace, as is the nearby Hanbury Arms in St George's Road. Congregational Church was designed by H N Goulty and opened in 1891, replacing a former chapel that was built in 1868. It closed in 1920 and was converted by local architects Denman & Matthew into the King's Cliff Cinema, best known as the Continentale Cinema. It closed in December 1986 and was later converted into four houses. †East Mill stood at the southern end of the street (at the rear of 162 Marine Parade). It was moved to the corner of Lennox Street and Sussex Street.	Pa1868—
Sudeley Street East Cliff conservation area.	'Small private houses now building' in Pa1868.	Pa1868—
Sudeley Terrace East Cliff conservation area (1-12 consecutive).	10 properties listed and 'other houses building' in Pa1878.	Pa1878—
Suez Way	A private service road on the south west arc of the Grand Ocean apartments in Longridge Avenue.
† Suffolk Cottages	At 34 Cannon Street. No thoroughfare.	[1826] Ta1854–Fo1864
∫ Suffolk Place	Former name of Cannon Street. Number of properties in 1822: 37. The Ergthers (??) 1851. Hope Inn 1851. Mechanic Beer Shop 1851.	Ba1822–Fo1861
Suffolk Street, Hove		Pi1901—
† Sugger's Cottages		Census1841
† Suggers Court	At 3 Upper Bedford Streeet.	Ta1854–Pa1872
Sullington Close, North Moulsecoomb	Cul-de-sac of semi-detached bungalows off Appledore Road.	Ke1966—
Summerdale Road, Hangleton	Semi-detached bungalows, designed by Toms & Partners for Sumnmerdale Estates in 1938¹.	Ke1947— ¹ESRO DO/C/6/11235 (31 May 1938)
† Sun Street	From 10 Edward Street to 92 Carlton Hill. A narrow street, part renumbered 7 January 1886¹. There were pubs on either corner at each end. 1 2 Images: 1 looking north; 2 looking south from Carlton Hill [Regency Society James Gray Collection]	Ke1845— image ¹ESRO DB/D/27/233
Sunninghill Avenue, Hove		Ke1947—
Sunninghill Close, Hove		Ke1947—
Sunnydale Avenue, Patcham	Numbered 20 September 1938¹.	Ke1934— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/48
Sunnydale Close, Patcham	Numbered 3 November 1953¹.	Ke1956— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/314
Surrenden	Surrenden Hall, the former residence of Sir Edward Dering at the village of Surrenden in Kent, was the family residence of the mother of Eliza Roe, who married Sir Charles Ogle and whose family owned land at Withdean.
Surrenden Crescent	Only one property (Delmore, later numbered 15) listed in Pi1918-1919. Numbered 30 September 1937¹, supplementary numbering 15 March 1971².	Pi1918— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/39 ²ESRO DB/D/27/436
Surrenden Field	Ground adjacent to London Road, Withdean, where the forerunner club to Brighton and Hove Albion played football. A drinking fountain in memory of Juliana Gregory of Withdean Lodge, south of here in London Road, placed close to the field in 1897 by her remaining sisters, was later moved to The Square at Patcham.
Surrenden Holt	Holt is a Sussex dialect word meaning a small plantation or badger's burrow. Cul-de-sac of larger semi-detached houses with separate garage block. Numnbered 23 February 1961¹.	Ke1964— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/436
Surrenden Park	Named and numbered 6 June 1963¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/401
Surrenden Road Preston Park conservation area (1-5 odd, St. Mary's RC Church, 25-63 odd, 2-8 and 20-66 even, Surrenden Lodge, Acacia Court, Florence Court, Park View PH).	No properties listed in To1898. Tumber applied for building approval for three houses to be designed/built by Hamilton, on 21 July 1898¹. Numbered 27 February 1936². WEST SIDE (south to north) —Here is Preston Drove. 3 was the residence from 1908/09 to 1915 of William Ashton Ellis (1853-1919), an eminent doctor (he treated Madame Blavatsky, the founder of Theosophy) and standard translator and early biographer of Richard Wagner. St Mary's Catholic Church was designed in Arts & Crafts Gothic style by Percy Lamb and built between 1910 and 1921. It is Grade II listed⁴. Surrenden Lodge. —Here is Harrington Road. 41, Alsace House is where Princess Mary Despina Karadja—Swedish poet and writer, founder of the White Cross Union and president of the Universal Gnostic Alliance (founded January 1912)—was a long-standing house guest. —Here is Varndean Road (at 89). —Here is Fairlie Gardens (at 103). —Here is Surrenden Crescent. —Here is Braybon Avenue, where the road turns east. —Here is Surrenden Close. —Here is Beechwood Avenue. —Here is Ditchling Road. EAST SIDE (south to north) —Here is Preston Drove. —Here is Herbert Road. Acacia Court. See Herbert Road. †2, Horeb Tabernacle, Preston Park Baptist Church was a brick chapel opened in 1914 and closed in 1980, when it was demolished and replaced by 2, Florence Court. See Gordon Road. —Here is Gordon Road. —Here is Bates Road (at 36). —Here is Loder Road (at 48). —Here is Poplar Close (at 52). —Here is Whittingehame Gardens. —Here is Surrenden Holt. —Here is Surrenden Crescent. —Here is Draxmont Way. Varndean College. 108-110. A crouched female skeleton from the late bronze/early iron age was found in a 3ft circular grave on 7 May 1928 during construction of a tennis court³. —Here the road turns east. —Here is Friar Road. —Here is Surrenden Park. —Here is Ditchling Road.	To1898— ¹ESRO DB/D/7/4760 ²ESRO DB/D/27/7 ³ESRO MES309 ⁴HE 1426315
∫ Surrey Place	Former name of Upper Gloucester Road.
Surrey Street West Hill conservation area.	19, let at £22 2s a year, sold for £285 in 1872². ph 26-27, Railway Bell, formerly the Barley Mow, opened by 1839, and changed to its current name c1860. ph 29-30, Grand Central opened by 1839 as the Railway Inn, before the railway¹. It is on the B&H local list.	Ke1845 ¹Ke1839 ²The Builder, 9 Nov 1872:894
Sussex Heights	See St Margaret's Place.
Sussex Mews East Cliff conservation area.	No properties listed until Pa1892. 4 and later 6 were residences of Oscar-winning cinematographer David Watkin.	Fo1850—
Sussex Place	Off Richmond Road [now Richmond Place]. Initially known as Hilly Place². Numbered 26 October 1911¹.	Ke1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/262 ²Marchant-Sicklemore map 1809-1815
Sussex Road, Hove Cliftonville conservation area (1-4 and 12-21 consecutive).	Mid-19th century cottages. 3 has a preserved painted sign for 'H Marsh, Chimney Sweep', right. Marsh moved here c1894 from no 9 (at the south-western corner) having been in business there by 1867. He was still listed here until 1931. 5-11 were replaced by Hove Baths and Laundry (see King's Esplanade). 7 had 14 occupants (three families) in 1861. Eliza Billinghurst, wife of a sailor and mother of seven children, has the entry under occupation: 'Does nothing'.²	Fo1850— ¹James Gray ²Census 1861 RG 9/604 folio 128 page 21
† Sussex Row	Opposite Sussex Place, Richmond Street.	Census1841, Ta1854–Pa1872
Sussex Square Kemp Town conservation area.	Named after the county by its developer Thomas Read Kemp. 1-10, 11-40, 41-50 are Grade I listed¹. —Here is Eastern Road (at 10). 11 The sister of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) lived here 1874-1887. He was a regular visitor and there is an incorrect belief that the tunnel beneath Lewes Crescent inspired the idea for the rabbit hole that Alice falls into. Marked by a Regency Society plaque. 14 was briefly the residence in 1838 of twice prime minister Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. His wife died here in childbirth. City of Brighton & Hove plaque. 19-20, Bristol Mansions was the residence from 1831 until his death of local landowner Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol/5th Earl of Bristol—buried on 15 March 1859 in the Parochial Cemetery—and his youngest son Lord Alfred Hervey (1816-1875), MP for Brighton 1842-1857, then his eldest son and successor as 2nd Marquess Frederick (1800-1864) and in turn his son, Frederick William John Hervey (1834-1907), the 3rd Marquess. 22 was the residence of Thomas Kemp in 1827-1837. It was sold at auction in June 1874 for £1,975³ and was later amalgamated with 21 to form part of St Mary's Hall girls' school. Regency Society plaque erected 1952. 25 was the first house occupied by Thomas Kemp's brother-in-law Philip Storey in 1826. 31 was a residence of the Earl of Airlie; the Countess died here in 1845 after giving birth to twins. A local legend in Angus, Scotland told that a phantom drummer was heard at one of the family residences in advance of a death. A guest had heard a drummer when visiting Cortachy castle a few months previously and the Countess left a note saying she believed the drumming was for her⁶. 32 was the residence of Lady Jane Peel and her husband Laurence Peel in 1839. 40 included alterations for Lady Sackville by Sir Edwin Lutyens in the year of his knighthood (1918). (39-40a?) —Here is Eastern Road (at 40). 46 was the residence of Antony Dale OBE FSA (1912-1993), historian and author, marked by a Regency Society plaque. —Here is Lewes Crescent (at 50). Lampposts outside 5, 13, 17-18 and 23 are Grade II listed². Lampposts outside 28 and 34 are Grade II listed⁴. Lampposts outside 38 and 46 are Grade II listed⁵.	Ke1846— ¹HE 1380969, 1380970, 1380971 ²HE 1380972–1380975 ³Brighton Gazette, 25 June 1874: 7a ⁴HE 1380977, 1380978 ⁵HE 1380980, 1380981 ⁶'Phantom Drummer of the Ogilvys'
Sussex Street Carlton Hill conservation area (Tarnerland Nursery School, Tower and attached railings in Tarner Park).	Originally ran from Grand Parade (the section west of Ashton Rise is now called Morley Street). Number of properties in 1822: 18. No fewer than 19 addresses in the street have been pubs or beerhouses. Kingswood Flats are partly on the site of a Primitive Methodist church (built 1856 and demolished 1950). The Tarnerland estate was built 1931. Cottages in Garden (at top) 1851. Elm Tree Cottage (at top) 1851. Penfold's Cottage (at top) 1851. 32. Apollo Terrace was off here. Tarnerland Recreation Ground (formerly Blaker Recreation Ground) is on the site of the former garden of St John's Lodge in Tilbury Place, residence of Edwin Tarner and family (see also St John's Place, Brighton). Tarner built the tower in his garden so that he could watch for ships carrying his goods up the Channel. The tower and attached walls are Grade II listed¹.	Ba1822— map ¹HE 1380982
Sussex Street Mews	Cul-de-sac off Morley Street (formerly Sussex Street), to the west of the School Clinic.
∫ Sussex Terrace	Terrace of houses now the east side of John Street. Originally a cul-de-sac north of Sussex Street that was extended to Richmond Street in 1905-1909 and renumbered 26 October 1911¹. The west side was cleared in 1959.	Ke1845— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/156
† Suters Gardens		[1826] Census1861
Sutherland Road College conservation area (Kingscliffe School).	One property and 'other houses building' in Pa1874. The immediate area is known as Baker's Bottom. Properties are numbered sequentially up east side and down west side. George Granville Leveson-Gower (1758-1833), ambassador to France during the Revolution, was created 1st Duke of Sutherland by William IV in 1833; a major landowner, involved in the Highland clearances (cf, the Earl of Bute), he was the wealthiest man in Britain in later life. The 2nd Duke (1786-1861) was an occasional, if not regular visitor to Brighton. Bute Hall (St Matthew's Bute Mission Hall) was built in 1892 to serve a Sunday school for St Matthew's. The foundation stone was laid by the mayor and mayoress, Sir Joseph and Lady Ewart. With the closure of the church the hall was used as a nursery. It is now in commercial use. †St Matthew's Church was initially designed by the local firm of Edmund Evan Scott and Robert Singer Hyde and completed by London architect John Norton. The tender of £10,473 from J T Chappell was accepted¹. It was built in 1881-1883 on the corner of College Terrace on land donated by W P Boxall. In fact, he had to donate the money to the diocese, which then used the money to buy the land from him. The church closed in 1962 and was demolished in 1967. An apartment block occupies the site.	Pa1874— ¹The Builder, 1881-09-24:410
Sutton Close, Woodingdean	Cul-de-sac off Langley Crescent.	Ke1966—
† Swallow Gardens	At 57 Carlton Hill, leading to Sussex Street. aka Swallow's Gardens. Marine View. 1851.	Br1845–Fo1861; Census1851
Swallows Rise, Portslade BN41 2AJ, 2AL	Winding road of detached and semi-detached two-storey houses off Overdown Rise built 2020-2021, including some affordable rental properties. Mile Oak allotments (81 plots) are accessed from here.
Swanborough Drive, Whitehawk	Numbered 5 October 1961 and extension named 2 March 1966¹.	Ke1964— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/393
Swanborough Place, Woodingdean	Named and numbered 2 March 1966¹. Falcon Court is a 10-storey Brighton council block of 57 flats, built by Wates in 1965-1966 as part of the Whitehawk Estate Extension. Kestrel Court is an 11-storey Brighton council block of 54 flats, built by Wates in 1965-1966 as part of the Whitehawk Estate Extension. Heron Court is a nine-storey Brighton council block of c47 flats, built by Wates in 1965-1966 as part of the Whitehawk Estate Extension.	Ke1969— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/393
Sweet Hill, Patcham	Land to the north of the A27, between Waterhall and the A23, part of 1,300 acres of downland sold by the Abergavenny Estate to local property developer Thomas Gasson in July 1921, outbidding Brighton Corporation. The land developed as 'plotland' with no amenities or domestic services, selling (often to ex-servicemen) at £10 for a quarter acre. Brighton Corporation acquired the land in 1924 and it was incorporated into Greater Brighton in 1928 under the Brighton Corporation Act 1927. The settlements and smallholdings remained and gradually decayed over the next decade. An abortive plan to build a film studio here was floated in March 1960¹. The area is now within the South Downs National Park.	Ke1934— ¹National Archives COU 1/376
† Sweet Patch Land	'Houses and cottages on'¹. Sweet Patch was land at Baker's Bottom accessed by the footpath from Walpole Road, adjacent to Hamilton Lodge School. A bungalow, built c1890s still stood there in the early 1960s². The Craven Vale estate is now on the site.	¹Census1861 ²James Gray
Sycamore Close, Portslade	Cul-de-sac of three-storey apartment blocks off Bush Farm Drive.
Sycamore Close, Woodingdean	T-shaped cul-de-sac of (dormer) bungalows off Crescent Drive North. Named 27 September 1961 and numbered 4 June 1964 with supplementary numbering 8 January 1970¹.	Ke1966— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/405
Sydney Street North Laine conservation area.	Spelt Sidney Street in 1845-1851. ph 9, The Green Dragon was a beerhouse by 1845 owned by Edward Carter, listed as a licensed victualler from 1840, who gave it the name Green Dragon Inn by 1854. It was owned by Smithers & Son, who carried out alterations in 1890, until acquired by Tamplin & Sons in 1929, for whom it was refurbished by Arthur Packham in 1937². It was sold in 1964 and re-named The Office in the 1990s but reverted to its original name c2020. 17 was let by William Read, detist of 12 Old Steine, to Mr Blencowe in 1871 for £30 a year¹. [ph] 21 was here by 1854, known as the Royal George (or possibly misnamed as George and the Dragon—see 32) but named the Abingdon Arms within its first couple of years. It closed in 1956 and is now a retail shop. [ph] 32 was called St George and the Dragon when it opened in 1856 but the name was usually shortened to George and Dragon from 1898. It closed c1915 and became a retail shop. 42 has a stucco business sign on the south side of the upper floor that dates from the occupancy of John H Doran, dyer, in 1873-1902. The premises remained in the dyeing and laundry trade until the Second World War.	Ke1845— ¹ESRO AMS7065/4 (21 Sep 1871) ²ESRO PTS/2/9/664 (28 Jul 1937)
† Sydney Terrace	At 39 Sydney Street and leads to the corner of Gloucester Street.	Ta1854–Pa1867
Sylvester Way, Hangleton	Cul-de-sac	Ke1964— ¹ESRO DB/D/27/405
Symbister Road, Portslade	Off Norway Street. No thoroughfare. Symbister is a place on Whalsey in the Shetland Islands.	Pi1909—

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