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Kent Court, Avard Crescent, EASTBOURNE, BN20 8UE

Built in 1936 by local architects, unfortunately the flat roof has caused problems with leaking hence the white stains on the front. The crypt contains murals by Hans Feibusch painted in 1944. Feibusch fled from Germany in 1933 and had his work displayed in the Nazi Degenerate Art exhibition of 1937.

This former church hall now serves as the church of St Elisabeth. The original church, which was adjacent, was demolished in 2019. The hall was built circa 1936 in a neo-Georgian style of red brick under a hipped tile roof. See also Image and Image Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1322197 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.

In Victoria Drive, this was once the site of a very large church. The history of the building dates back to 1928 when a Mrs Elisa Watson died and left £80,000 for a church to be built in or near Eastbourne - an amount that could (and perhaps should) have built six modest churches. St Elisabeth’s was constructed in 1936 on a scale that even now seems disproportionate to its location in the Old Town area of Eastbourne. With serious water penetration problems, the church was declared redundant in 2002 and demolished in 2019. There is an article on the church at: https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/eastbourne-st-elisabeth-victoria-drive/ See also Image and Image The church was listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1252676 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.

This photograph is of one of several small holdings bordering the Willingdon golf course (line of trees in left of picture) and adjacent to the 1950s Green Way estate off Victoria Drive. The houses on the right are the westerly end of that development. These small holdings were of around 1 acre and located under the edge of the steep South Downs slopes. The bungalow, built in 1952 was demolished in 1961 to make way for a retired residential accommodation.

This view is of land prior to development as a small holding with bungalow and outbuildings. It was taken looking due north. The hill is Coombe Hill Willingdon. The Golf Course boundary is the row of trees. The smallholding was demolished in 1961 to make way for an apartment block.