James Gray: View of the old street from the North, about 1913. On the left is the entrance to Hove Manor above which were barns on the site of the present Fire Station, which was built there in 1926. Behind the old cottage on the right was a long garden, which extended south to the site of Princes Avenue. jgc_12_137
2018: This view shows how much changed as Hove Street was widened and straightened between 1913 and 1915 to accommodate modern traffic.
James Gray: The lower part of Hove Street as viewed from Kingsway. Note the Ship Inn still standing on the site of the original Inn, built in 1702. This Inn was set back and rebuilt when the road was widened early in the 1920s. Additional Information: West Street brewery. jgc_12_139
2018: In 2009 the Ship Inn, once the home of smugglers and a focus for popular local activities including bear-baiting and cock-fighting, became an upmarket gastropub and boutique hotel trading as the Ginger Pig. To the south are the pale-yellow 3-storey flats on the corner of Kingsway and, to the north, the red-brick block of Hove Manor flats where the manor house once stood. A more detailed image of the same view is shown in jgc_12_170. (Photographer: David Sears)
James Gray: View of the Ship Inn and old cottages in Hove Street, about 1910. This photograph shows the winding nature of the old street before its reconstruction. The roof of the Connaught Hotel can just be seen behind the lamp post. jgc_12_143
2018: As in image jgc_12_167, this James Gray image shows the southern end of Hove Street with the Ship Inn in its original position before Hove Street was straightened and widened between 1913 and 1915.
James Gray: These two photographs of Hove’s oldest street date from 1913, the year before the street was straightened and widened. This is a fairly common view of the lower houses on the east side, and similar scenes appear on other pages. jgc_12_146
2018: Images jgc_12_146, 151 and 156 all show the southern end of Hove Street as it joins Kingsway.
James Gray: Old cottages on the east side of Hove Street just above the Ship Inn – last building on the right. As can be seen two of these were quite large, with rooms on either side of the door. They were known as 12,13 and 14 Hove Street. Built early in the 19th century, they were demolished about 1914/1915. They are seen from a different aspect in a photograph on another page. jgc_12_151
2018: Images 12_146, 151 and 156 all show the southern end of Hove Street as it joins Kingsway.
James Gray: Diversion of gas mains in the new line of Hove Street, in progress. New mains and siphon boxes were being laid. Note the new straight line of the street as compared with the old winding street of earlier photographs. At the foot of the street is one of the old cottages with a large tree in its back garden. Beyond is the new Ship Inn, under construction and away to the left the backs of the Coastguard cottages. jgc_12_152
2018: The 1915 image captures a key moment in the redevelopment of the southern end of Hove Street.
James Gray: Two photographs of the lower part of the street. In this view the old cottages, then known as 9 and 10 Hove Street, one of which was occupied by a bath chair proprietor for many years. They stood just south of Princes Avenue and were removed in 1936. In the distance, the Connaught Hotel. jgc_12_155
James Gray: Two photographs of the lower part of the street. The view southwards from just opposite Hove Lodge Mansions. On the right were two old flint cottages, 5 and 6, hidden from view. Where the people are standing was a small general shop, 3, with another small cottage, 4, standing immediately behind it. Then the tall building, 2, with a trim house, 1, adjoining the rear of the Hove College building. jgc_12_156
James Gray: This photograph taken in August 1975 shows the trim appearance of the Lodge when it was occupied and well maintained. Contrast this with the view of it on the succeeding page. The gap between the Mansions and the rear of Viceroy Lodge was filled in a few years later. jgc_12_159
2018: This image from 1975, presumably taken by James Gray, illustrates the relatively leisurely redevelopment of the southern end of Hove Street.
James Gray: This photograph, taken on 31 August 1986, looks at the north side wall of the mansions with ancillary buildings which seemed to have been added at various periods. jgc_12_160
2018: Images jgc_12_160 and 161 were both taken on the same day from a small slip road leading from Princes Avenue to the car park of Viceroy Lodge. Both images show the back of Hove Lodge in its original form as a two-storey building with various extensions to the rear, with the taller mass of Hove Lodge Mansions in the background.
James Gray: This was one of the oldest houses in Hove – certainly it was the oldest of the buildings remaining in Hove Street. Its exact age was unknown. It is thought to date from the end of the eighteenth century and to be contemporary with Cliff House School, photographs of which are seen on other pages. For most of the last century it was used as a private school, under a variety of proprietors and headmasters.
James Gray: See caption jgc_12_161. View of the front elevation. jgc_12_162
2018: This image of Hove Lodge, taken in 1986, should be compared to image jgc_12_159 taken 11 years before, in 1975. A request for listed status in 1984 had been rejected and after squatters had been forcibly ejected shortly before this image was taken, there was no defence against demolition and the reuse of the site for a four-storey red-brick block of flats under the same name providing sheltered accommodation for its tenants.
James Gray: Another view of the Cliff House School which stood at the foot of Hove Street, facing the sea from 1796 until about 1934. Period pre-1914. jgc_12_166
2018: This is one of several images (see also jgc_12_168 below and 169 on Kingsway (6) page) showing Cliff House on Kingsway, at the south-west junction with Hove Street, before it was demolished in 1936 to make way for Viceroy Lodge. The surrounding gardens have gone and the site is now fully developed. (Photographer: David Sears)
James Gray: The College left these premises in 1931 and for a few years the house was derelict before being demolished to make way for Viceroy Lodge. The photograph above, taken during this period shows part of the one-time large playing field, which was between the house and the sea. jgc_12_168
2018: This is one of several images showing Cliff House on Kingsway, at the south-west junction with Hove Street, before it was demolished in 1936 to make way for Viceroy Lodge: see also jgc_12_166 above and 169 on Kingsway (6).
James Gray: Hove College had occupied the old Cliff House at the corner of Hove Street for very many years. The College was established in 1796, though the first mention of Cliff House School is in the directories of the 1840s. The large photograph dates from 1908. Note the Ship Inn before reconstruction and the narrow Hove Street. jgc_12_167
2018: The James Gray image shows the southern end of Hove Street with the Ship Inn in its original position before Hove Street was both straightened and widened in 1913-1914. The inn survived in its new location until 2009 before becoming an upmarket gastro-pub trading as the Ginger Pig. Beyond it are now the red-brick blocks of Hove Manor flats.
James Gray: Looking north in Hove Street during the pre-1914 era. jgc_12_170
2018: This shows the Ship Inn in its original position before Hove Street was both straightened and widened in 1913-1914. The view from the original vantage point is now obscured by a high hedge. The inn survived in its new location until 2009 before becoming an upmarket gastro-pub trading as the Ginger Pig.
James Gray: In this view can be seen the derelict site in 1960. jgc_12_171
2018: Three James Gray images (jgc_12_171, 172 and 174) show the two old cottages which had survived from the late 18th century at the foot of Hove Street, sandwiched between on the left (south) Cliff House, from 1796, and Viceroy Lodge, from 1936, and on the right (north) Hove Lodge Mansions, from 1897. The cottages were in use as business premises from 1926 when petrol pumps and a bulk underground storage tank were installed in the open area next to the road.
James Gray: A view of the two cottages 5 and 6, when they were still occupied with their neat gardens and whitewashed walls. This was during the 1930s. jgc_12_172
2018: See jgc_12_171 above. (Photographer: David Sears)
James Gray: The last links with the 18th century street. These two flint cottages, 5 and 6 had been empty for many years when photographed on 21 February 1960. They were built at about the same time as Beach Cottages, seen on other pages. Demolished 1964. It seemed likely that flats will be built on this extensive site. jgc_12_174
2018: See jgc_171 and 172 above. (Photographer: David Sears)
James Gray: A rather nice photograph of the lower part of Hove Street, taken in the summer of 1913. The lowest building is the side wall of old Cliff House School (later Hove College). Then follow Nos.1 and 2 Hove Street and the small general shop, which served the needs of the few residents and holiday makers. Additional Information: © Philippe Garner. jgc_12_178
2018: This charming view looking south-west at the junction of Hove Street and Kingsway shows the café and general store that survived until the early 1960s; image jgc_12_147 below shows the same shop in 1957 from the south looking north-west.
James Gray: A much later photograph taken in January 1957. It shows little change from today, except that the shop building, the petrol pumps, with two tiny cottages behind, have gone, being replaced by more tall flats. A glimpse of the two modern houses (1955) which replaced the old cottages (above) can be see in front of the white side wall of the house at the corner of Princes Avenue. jgc_12_147
2018: This 1957 image shows the south-western end of Hove Street at a critical stage of redevelopment.
James Gray: Another view of the main street. jgc_13_069
2018: This is one of three rather faded images of Hove Street taken in 1905, in this case showing the Ship Inn in its original location before it was demolished 10 years later. It was rebuilt 20-30 metres to the east in order to complete the widening and straightening of Hove Street.
James Gray: This view looks directly into Hove Street from the lower road south of Kingsway. Note Hove College on the left, the Ship Inn on the right and in the far distance the roofs of houses in Vallance Road. jgc_15_128
2018: Hove College (formerly Cliff House) was demolished in 1935 and the block of flats seen here, Viceroy Lodge, was built by E D Winn & Co on the site in 1936. Lady Douglas occupied flat 45 and her estranged husband, Lord Alfred Douglas, who associated with Oscar Wilde, lived there for a few months after her death in 1944.