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WINFIELD AVENUE

Winfield Avenue

Neighbourhood:
Patcham
1928
2019

James Gray: Photographs (jgc_35_008 and 009) of the bungalow, originally called Bewdley, now numbered 27, soon after it was built in 1928. Houses were first built in this road in 1927 about the same time as Steyning Rural District Council erected the first few houses in Patchdean, then merely a continuance of a very rural Carden Avenue.

At this time the area was outside the boundaries of Brighton so the early settlers got large plots of cheap land but no roads worthy of the name. On the left is a view of the front of the bungalow with just a grass track before it. jgc_35_008

2019: The house remains almost the same as it was in 1928. It is still painted black and white and few alterations have been made. However, it is no longer next to a grass track as Winfield Avenue is now a suburban road and other houses have been built along the road and around the immediate area of No 27. See also jgc_35_009. (Photographer: Clare Hughes)

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1928
2019

James Gray: View from the rear, looking north-east. As can be seen, there was no road in front of the bungalow and access was through the white gate to the left of the roof. This entrance from the Drove (now Ladies Mile Road) is clearly shown in the photographs of Drove Cottage on other pages. To the right is a long low barn. Now the barn is the Methodist Church. jgc_35_009

2019: 27 Winfield Road has been hemmed in by more recent housing in Carol Close from where the 2019 photo was taken. The tip of the black and white gable of No 27 is visible through the trees towards the right hand side of the picture. The roof line appears to be fairly similar to the 1928 image (minus the chimneys). See also jgc_35_008. (Photographer: Clare Hughes)

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