Kensington Place, Brighton
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Kensington Place, Brighton
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 4 Oct 2015
A residential street developed in the late 1820s or early 1830s. The architectural differences are due to the nature of the 19th century building in Brighton. This was once part of Third Furlong within the larger North Laine field. The furlong was divided into strips called Paul Pieces which were owned by a variety of people. When the town expanded northwards developers would purchase the strips in twos or threes which would be enough to build a road and houses either side. If there was not enough capital to do this then single strips were bought and one side built, or developers joined forces. Even then many builders would lease out plots within their strip. Subsequently on the eastern side of Kensington place there is an entire terrace built by one builder, on the western side a hodge podge of two and three storey houses built by a number of different ones. The large block of flats at the far end is Theobald House.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.827796
Longitude
-0.138914