London Terrace, Brighton

Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 21 Nov 2015

Developed in the early 1860s the road was originally a cul de sac off Rose Hill Terrace with a small passage at the southern end connecting to Baker Street. During the 1970s the Co-Operative department store whose rear was on the western side decided to extend southwards and use the London Terrace as a service roadwhich resulted in the demolition of numbers 1-9 leaving just 10-14 standing and the blocking of access to Baker Street. See http://www.regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume10a/source/jg_10a_135.html for a similar view taken in 1975 before the work commenced. The department store had largely closed by 2007 though the Post Office and a small food store continued operating on Baker Street in the 1970s extension until 2010. That extension would be demolished in 2012 to allow the construction of Abacus House a set of student residences which in the process reopened the link to Baker Street.

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