James Gray: At the same time as the photographer took jgc_11_001, he obviously took these three of Boundary Passage. This is well known as running from Montpelier Place/Lansdowne Road down to the north pavement of Western Road. The boundary stone is just inside the passage facing east. There is another stone lower down. The only change now is that the wall plaque, seen left, has gone. I cannot remember what it said. jgc_11_002
2018: Little has changed apart from the different drainpipe on the building to the east of Boundary Passage (left in the image). Re-rendering seems to have removed all trace of the plaque mentioned in the original description. (Photographer: Annie Drynan)
James Gray: Boundary stone. jgc_11_003
2018: Unchanged, although the adjoining wall has been repainted. (Photographer: Annie Drynan)
James Gray: These two photographs [jgc_19_005 and 006] taken in 1896 show Western Road at the boundary between Brighton and Hove. In those days, No. 115 was occupied as the Police Fire Station for the western district of Brighton. In the event of a fire the escape apparatus was limbered up behind the nearest horse cab, while the hose reels were dragged by hand to the fire!! On the Hove side, several private houses are in course of being converted to shops, but the corner house in York Road (now Langham Hotel) is, as yet, unaltered. Note the standpipe for filling the water carts. The actual boundary line is shown by the dotted lines. jgc_19_005
James Gray: [See caption for jgc_19_005 above.] jgc_19_006
2020: The buildings can still be recognised, despite some alterations. The aptly named Boundary Passage still marks the border between Brighton and Hove, as demonstrated by the nearby street signs. Although not visible from this angle, one wall of the corner house retains a sign for the Langham Hotel. (Photographer: Jayne Paulin)