James Gray: On this site until about 1870 existed two streets of notorious slums, known as Pimlico and Pym’s Gardens, vividly described by Dr. N P Blaker, then house surgeon to Brighton and Hove Dispensary. These hovels were so foul and insanitary that in the early 1870s Brighton’s first slum clearance got rid of them. They were replaced by the houses seen in these photographs, named Tichbourne Street after the Tichbourne claimant who had addressed meetings in Brighton. A century passed and some of these houses were showing their age. Photographed on 25 June 1978, all the houses on the west side had been removed, and some redevelopment should now be possible on a large site between Tichbourne and Bread Streets. jgc_25_144
James Gray: See jgc_25_144 above. jgc_25_145
2018: All is changed. The west side of the road is dominated by the Sovereign House office development. Beyond Sovereign House are the retirement flats of Belbourne Court. Opposite Sovereign House on the east side of the street is the residential William Sutton House. The building with arched windows survives as Tichbourne Photographic Studios, next door to the Brighton Buddhist Centre. In both photographs, the 22-storey Theobald House in Blackman Street can be seen in the distance. (Photographer: Alice Jackson)
James Gray: Looking from Tichbourne Street, across cleared ground in Bread Street, to dilapidated buildings, 15/19 Church Street, leading up to King Street. All now demolished. Date of photograph: 10 June 1979. jgc_ 25_041