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EAST HOVE

Cambridge Grove

Neighbourhood:
Goldsmid
1931
2018

James Gray: The entrance to Cambridge Grove from Wilbury Road, on 8 April 1931. This narrow mews was built in the 1880’s at the same time as Cromwell Road. It was then used as stabling with servants living quarters above and now largely consists of garages. The large house at the rear, Oxford House in Wilbury Road was occupied from the start by Frederic W Giebeler, blind manufacturer, later F W Giebeler (Hove) Ltd. who remained there until the early 1950’s, nearly 70 years. There is little change to this view today. jgc_11_102

2018: This road has had several names since it was first built in the 1880s: Cambridge Mews, Cambridge Stables and eventually Cambridge Grove in 1913.

It was originally built by William Willett as stabling for the occupiers of the adjacent Willett house. However, from the 1920s onwards the stables were increasingly converted into small workshops and garages with several licences to store petroleum being granted. The large house at the rear was demolished in the 1990s and replaced by a block of flats. Many small workshops still remain. (Photographer: Dave Lane)
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