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Lewes Crescent

Magnificent architecture

By Tony Deane, taxi driver

As we travel eastward on Brighton seafront we come to the beautiful symmetry and magnificent architecture of Sussex Square and Lewes Crescent. We can really only appreciate the grandeur of it by going out in a boat and looking at it from five miles away. It's wonderful to see how it has been planned and built. It really is a shame that our modern planners didn't look at these and try to reproduce them in other areas.

Image and text from the 'My Brighton' museum exhibit

This page was added on 22/03/2006.

Comments:

Thank you very much for placing the information on the web. I'm researching the Cubitt family from the other side of the world in Australia and my husband's ancestor had brothers - Thomas Cubitt, who was involved in building Kemp Town, and Lewis Cubitt, an architect who lived at 5 Lewes Crescent. It is really wonderful to be able to see pictures of places they built and lived in via the web pages submitted by local people.

By Carmel McMullen (11/11/2004)

The photo brings back happy memories of 1955-58 when we lived at Number 3A Lewes Crescent. The gardens don't seem to have changed much from when we played there. We had to get the key (each householder had one), or use a 5/- jack-knife to pick the lock...! The tunnel was closed up, and very scary, there was a small 'room' off to one side that we camped in, probably lucky not to get mugged!

By Rob Umney (Melbourne, Australia) (29/01/2007)

I am Rob's sister living in Devon, and yes the picture brings all the good memories back. I visited Lewes Crescent last week, (going down memory lane), and was thrilled to be able to go inside 'our' flat, after 50 years. The accommodation has now been reduced by 50%, and two flats made out of our large four bedroomed one. I also was able to go into the gardens, and down the spooky tunnel, not quite as smelly as it used to be. There are now two 'units' built into the end of the tunnel. In the 50s the area was full of theatrical people, Anna Neagle lived opposite, and there were many parties and in nearby 'Vals' Tavern', a club in one of the basements. Trays of drinks were carried into the gardens in the summer, everybody knew everybody, happy days.

By Sue Bennett (29/05/2008)