Eastbourne buildings [49]

Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 May 2022

This large building in Darley Road was built as a convalescent hospital by the Anglican order of All Saints' Sisters of the Poor and converted into apartments in 2008. Built between 1867 and 1874 there is a central portion of 4 bays with two wings each of 7 bays. Constructed of brown brick with stone dressings under tile roofs. The attached hospital chapel built in 1874 has a fine and unaltered complete High Victorian interior with polychromatic brickwork. There are other views of the buildings at Image, Image and Image Listed, grade II*, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1043617 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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