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Sussex Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 0AR

A folly built in the 1800s in the extensive gardens of St John's Lodge owned by Edward Tilbury whose daughter married a merchant Edwin Tarner who was supposed to use the tower as a lookout for his ships in the Channel so he could travel to London and meet them. The Tarner family gave up the house and gardens in the 1930s and the latter were acquired by the council who turned them into a recreation ground in 1934. Beyond the tower is Tarnerland Nursery built in the upper level of the former gardens.

Originally a cul de sac containing terraced cottages built in the 1820s. These were removed in 1937 and replaced with new council housing as well as extending the street northwards to Sussex Street across the former gardens of St John's Lodge that the council had acquired in 1933.

Located on the corner of Sussex Street the public house opened in the late 1860s as the Millers Arms. Brighton Station can be seen in the far distance on the western side of the valley.

One of the east-west roads that ran up the hill from Grand Parade to Queen's Park Road. The western part of the street at the foot of the hill is now Image with Sussex Street now beginning from the junction with John Street. On the right is coastal Counties House whilst further up and just visible are the council houses built as part of the Tarner Estate in 1934. For a similar view in 1959 see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume27/source/jg_27_051.html

Head south down Windmill Street then east down Sussex Street. This is looking at its junction with Queens Park Road and is the opposite view to the one Bob Embleton took for this square. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232042

Head east back up Carlton Hill then north along St John's Place and a little west down Sussex Street. The recreation ground here is in the former garden of St John's Lodge in Tilbury Place. The tower was built by Tarner, a wealthy businessman, in the mid 19th century to look out over the Channel to view his ships coming back to the country. The grounds were given to the corporation by Tarner's descendants and unfortunately although it is listed the tower is looking a little sorry for itself at the moment. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/231689

Head west up Richmond Street then south down Windmill Street. Developed from 1854 onwards and near the site of two windmills. One to the south called Taylor's Mill that collapsed in 1862 and the other to the east known as Clifton Mill as it had been moved from Clifton Gardens in 1837 which was demolished in 1862. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232034

Opposite the entrance to the recreation ground is the junction of Sussex Street and Elmore Road. This road and the one parallel in Tarner Road were developed on vacant land owned by the Tarner estate from 1931. Click on the link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/231695

Services for the community in Carlton Hill, Brighton See http://www.resourcecentre.org.uk/ for details about the resource centre See http://www.bucfp.org/index.htm for details about the unemployed centre

The street originally ran from Carlton Street to Sussex Street and was developed in the 1840s but was demolished around 1962 removing the northern end at the junction with Sussex Street turning the road into a cul de sac. See http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume24/source/jg_24_150.html for a 1962 pre-demolition view.