The Welkin, Lindfield
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The Welkin, Lindfield
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 6 Sep 2015
An estate built in the 1960s on the site of a large Victorian house and its grounds of the same name. The original plans were for a set of high rise flats which resulted in a fierce battle with local residents leading to the formation of a local preservation society. The latter were victorious and had a hand in the design of the new estate which ironically housed more people than the proposed flats. The original Welkin had been developed by a former vicar and for a time was used as vicarage before becoming first a private residence and later a private boarding school.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.016288
Longitude
-0.08276