Ovingdean Hall
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Ovingdean Hall
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 31 Dec 2015
Built in 1792 as Ovingdean House for Nathaniel Kemp a relation of Thomas Kemp who later built Kemp Town and father of Charles Eamer Kempe, the stained glass window artist. Kemp died in 1843 and the house remained in residential use until 1890 when it was converted into a school for young gentlemen. The school was evacuated in 1941 to Devon and was used by the Canadian Army during World War Two. After the war it was sold to the Brighton Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and reopened as another school in 1947 catering for 11-19 year olds with impaired hearing. With numbers falling the school was no longer financially viable and closed in 2010 and the building sold. This reopened as Ovingdean Hall College in 2011 an English language vocational school for foreign students, however, the venture was shortlived and financial problems caused its closure in May 2015. The suburb of Woodingdean can be seen in the distance.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.817591
Longitude
-0.075293