James Gray: Hangleton Manor jgc_37_054
2018: The south side of the livery stables and later the old granary. A main feature was a well accessed from the north side of the barn; this well is retained as a feature in the converted barn which is now a private residence, separate from the Manor House which can be seen in the background. Brighton North End football team used the barn as a changing room for a time. Part of the south wing of Hangleton Manor can be seen jutting out into the pathway. The area in front of the barn formed part of the Hangleton Manor farmyard. (Photographer: Ian Farrell)
James Gray: Photographs [jgc_37_069, 070 and 071] of the farm buildings taken in April 1955. This is a view of the farm road from the south-east. This led from the old narrow Hangleton Road through a gate at this point, between the farm buildings and out into Hangleton Lane. All the buildings to the left have since been removed. jgc_37_069
James Gray: Photographs [jgc_37_069, 070 and 071] of the farm buildings taken in April 1955. A closer view of the barns seen previously. In the foreground can be seen the dried up bed of the farm pond. This was a clay puddled pond. jgc_37_070
2019: This is now a suburban road. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: Photographs of the farm buildings taken in April 1955 [jgc_37_069, 070 and 071]. This is the reverse view of the photograph 069. The large barn on the left remains but most of the others were swept away prior to the building of Hangleton Valley Road, the houses of which now cover all the ground to the right of the photograph. jgc_37_071
2018: Looking south towards Portslade through the centre of Hangleton Manor Farm. The telegraph pole on the left of the picture roughly corresponds in the old and modern pictures. The road is now Hangleton Valley Drive leading in to Greenleas which was once arable fields. The patch in the foreground of the modern picture roughly corresponds to the farm pond. (Photographer: Ian Farrell)
James Gray: Another view. Hangleton Manor and dovecote in the background. jgc_37_076
2018: The view is looking north-east in the modern picture: we would have been above the pig sties and stock pens with the road to Portslade running through the centre. The Manor dovecote is just to the left of centre in the modern picture, with the Manor House to the left of the view. The walls just beyond the garage lead from Hangleton Valley Drive through to Hangleton Close. In the older picture just beyond the dovecote are the tall trees of the Rookery. (Photographer: Ian Farrell)
James Gray: Two further photographs of Hangleton Farm at the same period. This view looks eastwards behind the garden of Hangleton Manor. jgc_37_073
James Gray: This photograph shows a closer view of the barns and farm pond best seen in the previous photographs. jgc_37_074
James Gray: Another view. jgc_37_077
James Gray: The right-angled barn which stood to the south-east of Hangleton Manor. It was one of the last of the farm buildings to be destroyed and when these photographs [jgc_37_087 and jgc_37_088] were taken, on 29 April 1962, the houses of Hangleton Valley Close had already reached the barn. One month later it was demolished. jgc_37_087
2019: A twitten runs from Hangleton Manor Close to Hangleton Valley Drive. This used to be lined with a rose garden but is now much more low maintenance. Housing replaces the barn on the right-hand side. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: I took this photograph [and jgc_37_065] when out walking with my wife and dog on 14 April 1953. This lane was the last relic of the old road, a mile in length, which led from the Old Shoreham Road, through the farm, to Hangleton Church. Additional Information: Mrs Daisy Gray. jgc_37_064
2019: Now Greenleas park. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: More photographs of the farm buildings dating from the spring of 1955. All three [jgc_37_075, 076 and 077] centre around the lane which ran through the farm and which is now Hangleton Valley Road. All the buildings to the west of this lane have now been cleared. jgc_37_075
2019: Houses now replace the farm buildings. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: The right-angled barn which stood to the south-east of Hangleton Manor. It was one of the last of the farm buildings to be destroyed and when these photographs [jgc_37_087 and jgc_37_088] were taken, on 29 April 1962, the houses of Hangleton Valley Close had already reached the barn. One month later it was demolished. jgc_37_088
2019: The barn was located behind the wall, replaced by houses and their gardens. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: Fortunately for the historian, the photographer responsible for all these Hangleton Farm pictures dated each one of them. I have purposely left his own hand-written date on this photograph of the oxen (26 April 1890). I cannot pinpoint the locations. jgc_37_011
James Gray: Nearly 75 years in time separate these two photographs [jgc_37_013 on the Benfield Hill Nature Reserve page?]. This one, of oxen adjoining the large barn, has been dated for us by the photographer – 26 April 1890 4.30 p.m. At this period Hangleton was very remote, about a mile from the nearest house, in Portslade. jgc_37_012
James Gray: This is a closer view of Hangleton Manor Farm [than jgc_37_043 on the Hangleton Way page] in the autumn of 1937. jgc_37_042
James Gray: A distant view of Hangleton. jgc_37_019
James Gray: The site of Sylvester Way, Hangleton Valley Drive and the Meadows, 2 March 1958. In the background a glimpse of Ivy Cottages. jgc_37_089
2019: Greenleas Park with the houses in Hangleton Valley Drive in place of the farm buildings. (Text: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: Many years later, on 15 February 1976, these photographs show the long barn and old cottage of Benfield Farm. The south side of the barn is seen here. The north side is shown overleaf along with the four 1871 cottages. These were built on the site of the old Benfield Manor. jgc_37_025
2019: This long derelict site is now fenced off for safety and security. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: These three photographs (following) were taken on 15 February 1976. They show the four Benfield Cottages, built as long ago as 1871, that date being inscribed on the plaque high up in the gable, seen in this photograph. The fronts faced south-east and were by the very short hole of the West Hove Golf Club where players had to drive across the very narrow Hangleton Way. The backs of the houses, seen in the next photograph, faced north-east and looked towards the farm buildings. jgc_37_027
James Gray: This view is of the quite long barn at the rear, which almost adjoined the golf course. When the cottages were first built they stood right out in the open country with no houses above the railway at Portslade, and they have seen many changes, the most dramatic of which must be the disappearance of the golf course, the widening of Hangleton Way and the near presence of the Brighton bypass. What the future holds for them, who knows? jgc_37_029
2019: When the bypass opened, the top half of West Hove golf course became a small nine hole course. Today it is used for footgolf and the barn serves as the reception area. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: A side, but better view, of these old flint and brick cottages, from just within the golf course. I do not know when they were built, but they were of substantial construction. Before Hangleton was incorporated with Hove in 1928, they were too far out in the country to be listed in any local Street Directory. With Benfield Cottages, they were part of Hangleton Manor Farm. jgc_37_032
2019: The Ivy Cottages have been demolished. The golf course is overgrown although part is used as a car park. Until the 1950s, maps show the golf course extending south across Hangelton Lane. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)
James Gray: The Hangleton tennis courts photographed in 1933. These were just to the north of Hangleton Manor. In the distance to the left, Hangleton Church and Church Cottages. jgc_37_068
2019: Housing now covers the site of the tennis courts. Note that the James Gray image was taken looking north-east and the 2019 photograph north-west. (Photographer: Mark Stephenson)