James Gray: This photograph, from Westbourne Place, gives a view of the Princes Crescent area, looking south, period about 1920. The long low wall marked the original boundary between Hove and Aldrington, which were amalgamated in 1893. On the left can be seen the back of Langton House, then a private residence, but now occupied by Hove College. jgc_15_107
2018: In the 17th century a stream known as Hove Ditch flowed into the sea and formed the boundary between Hove and Aldrington. This is remembered in the name Westbourne Place. A bourne is an intermittent stream which flows when the water table rises. Sections of the flint wall boundary can still be seen, as for example in these images taken opposite No 46 and No 34. Hove College left Langton House in 1980 and the old building was demolished in 1983 following a fire. A nursing home was built on the site but in 1989 this became Princes Marine Hotel. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)
James Gray: Three photographs (jgc_15_108, 109,110), taken on 9 April 1972, of the range of garages, grouped along the east side of this quiet backwater. These were built in 1929, by the well-known local builder, A.H. Chadwell on what [was] spare land at the rear of Princes Square. The houses on the west side of the Square were being built at the same time (in fact, only two had then been built). Looking east across Westbourne Place to the garages on either side of the passage leading through to Princes Square. jgc_15_108
James Gray: Three photographs (jgc_15_108, 109 and 110), taken on 9 April 1972, of the range of garages, grouped along the east side of this quiet backwater. These were built in 1929, by the well-known local builder, A.H. Chadwell on what [was] spare land at the rear of Princes Square. The houses on the west side of the Square were being built at the same time (in fact, only two had then been built). View south through the main block, showing distant houses in Princes Crescent. jgc_15_109
2018: The garages have been demolished. The railings on both sides of the passage to Princes Square have been replaced by a high brick wall and a bit of fence. Behind the wall are terraced houses and their back gardens so it is not possible to take the view south. This is a view looking east and the brick wall is on the right. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)
James Gray: Three photographs (jgc_15_108, 109 and 110), taken on 9 April 1972, of the range of garages, grouped along the east side of this quiet backwater. These were built in 1929, by the well-known local builder, A.H. Chadwell on what [was] spare land at the rear of Princes Square. The houses on the west side of the Square were being built at the same time (in fact, only two had then been built). Looking north to New Church Road, through the smaller block, from the Princes Square passage. All the garages were removed in late 1972 and a terrace of houses is to be built on the cleared site. jgc_15_110
2018: These houses, Nos 15 and 17, now stand on the site of some of the garages in jgc_15_110 and Westbourne Place is now part of the Sackville Gardens Conservation Area. (Photographer: Jane Cheema)