James Gray: This building, originally known as 60 Brunswick Road, Hove was built about 1855, as a private house with a back garden. Later, an extension was built out over the garden area, fronting Western Road, with a shop on the ground floor. The original building remained a private house until 1903. jgc_11_027
2018: 60 Brunswick Road, on the corner of Western Road, has been replaced by an office block, with a Co-operative store beneath. The demolition of Nos 59 and 60 in the mid 1970s can be seen in jgc_11_032 below. (Photographer: Annie Drynan)
James Gray: Banfields, the ironmongers, first occupied the premises in 1904, the basement and the ground floor being gutted to provide the shop premises. They remained here until 1954 when the lease expired and the premises were acquired by the Sussex Mutual Building Society for use as offices. Photographed on 30 January 1955, the day before the work of reconstruction was commenced. jgc_11_028
2018: The Banfields premises were originally numbered 126-127 Western Road. Now the house adjoining Banfields on the corner with Brunswick Road (see image jgc_ 11_032) has been demolished and the entire block redeveloped, from the corner with Brunswick Road to the corner with York Road. Today’s modern building has a single Co-operative supermarket (numbered 130 Western Road) running the full length of the block at street level and offices above. (Photographer: Annie Drynan)
James Gray: By 1971 business had so increased that rebuilding and extensions became necessary. This was done by first acquiring the adjoining shops which were demolished and replaced by modern offices, seen here at the right of the picture. Next, the original premises were removed and the new offices extended over the entire block. The photograph is undated but would be in the mid-1970s. jgc_11_032
2018: The 1970s image shows the early stages of the construction of the office block now occupying the Western Road frontage between York Road and Brunswick Road. It was being extended into this plot on the corner of Brunswick Road and Western Road. Note the continuation of the roof level of the modern building on the right. (Photographer: Annie Drynan)