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Dyke Road

South of Seven Dials
Reproduced with permission from the Encyclopaedia of Brighton by Tim Carder, 1990

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Photo:Dials Congregational Church, 1971: Dials Congregational Church, at the corner of Dyke Road and Clifton Road, was built in 1871 by Thomas Simpson. In Romanesque style, it had a horseshoe-shaped auditorium and a 150 foot clock tower which was a prominent landmark. The church was demolished in April 1972 and Homelees House was erected on the still vacant site in 1985-6.

Dials Congregational Church, 1971: Dials Congregational Church, at the corner of Dyke Road and Clifton Road, was built in 1871 by Thomas Simpson. In Romanesque style, it had a horseshoe-shaped auditorium and a 150 foot clock tower which was a prominent landmark. The church was demolished in April 1972 and Homelees House was erected on the still vacant site in 1985-6.

Image reproduced with kind permission from Brighton and Hove in Pictures by Brighton and Hove City Council

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Comments:

I have some strange memories of this church. As a child I used to look at it in terror as it always seemed to be about to fall over.

By Benedict Moll (09/02/2008)

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