James Gray: This austere building was erected in 1870, at the expense of the Revd. George Wagner and was known as the Brighton Home for Female Penitents. It provided a refuge for unmarried mothers who worked in the laundry attached to the Home. In 1918, lack of funds caused it to be closed, but it was reopened in the following year as the Albion Church Army Home for Girls. By 1947, it had reverted partly to its original purpose, being then known as Church Army Maternity and Child Welfare Homes. In its concluding years it was used partly as furniture factory and as Council flats. The photograph was taken in January 1958 and the building was demolished later in the year. jgc_27_058
2018: The boundary wall is now all that remains here. (Photographer: Simon Cooper)