Eastbourne features [48]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 9 May 2022

The lines leading away from Eastbourne Railway Station. Eastbourne Railway Station in Terminus Road was erected in 1886. Constructed of yellow brick with red brick dressings under slate roofs in a combined Feneland Italina style. There are Two fronts with a clock tower at the corner. There is a large semi-domed French pavilion roof and a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern. The canopies of iron and glass are retained on the outside. The station is listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1262160 Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort on the south coast of East Sussex, some 54 miles south of London and about 19 miles east of Brighton. Although there is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards, Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the railway arrived in 1849. A resort, built "for gentlemen by gentlemen", was planned and the town's growth accelerated from a population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. Tourism is a large and important part of the economy of the town.

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