Site of Apollo Terrace, Brighton
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Site of Apollo Terrace, Brighton
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 1 Nov 2015
Originally a narrow terrace that stretched from Sussex Street to Richmond Street that were built in the 1810s. Condemned as slum housing part of was removed in 1930s, more in 1946 after a landslide, and the final properties demolished in the early 1950s. See http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume27/source/jg_27_041.html for a 1935 view. The car park occupies the southern end of the former terrace whilst the rest has been left to nature. The chimneys on the left belong to Image which were built between 1905-09 within a former chalk pit. Richmond Heights is the large block in the distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.825256
Longitude
-0.131916