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Meads Road, EASTBOURNE, BN20 7DS

This interesting building on the corner of Meads Road and Saffrons Road was built in 1911 as a motor car garage and showroom, with assembly rooms and offices above. Constructed, in a Free Classical style, of red brick, with stone banding and other dressings under a hipped tile roof. Most of the front to Saffrons Road was rebuilt in 1950 after war damage. Listed, grade II, with much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1393288 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.

Probably one of the smartest car showroom garages you will come across. Also known as the Saffron Rooms after the park next door it was purpose built as a car showroom in 1911 by a firm that has been trading motor vehicles since the day in 1904 when local Eastbourne residents Percy and Harry Caffyn agreed to accommodate a four cylinder Renault and saw a gap in the market. Over 100 years later the company they formed are still trading, have retained their Sussex roots and were responsible during the interwar years for a large number of art deco showrooms around the county. The showroom was built on the site of cottages and near the original building William Caffyn began his electrical business. Beyond is Eastbourne Town Hall.

Eastbourne Town Hall stands in Grove Road at the point where it meets South Street (to the left of the picture). The Town Hall was completed in 1886.

Caffyns Garage is listed Grade II.

The Caffyns car showroom and Saffron Rooms date from 1911. It was built to serve both as a car showroom and as meeting rooms, an unusual combination of uses. The building is Grade II listed. The building in the background, with the clock tower, is Eastbourne Town Hall.

Eastbourne's town hall dates from the Victorian era. The foundation stone was laid in 1884, and the building was formally opened in 1886.

The foundation stone for this building was laid by Lord Edward Cavendish on 9th October 1884. The building was opened by the Mayor, Mr Alderman G Boulton, on 20th October 1886.