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Walpole Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 0LS

A residential road that runs north from Eastern Road then turns east and ends at Whitehawk Hill Road. Much of the road was developed in the late 1860s though parts have been rebuilt.

A residential road that runs from Whitehawk Hill Road westwards to Brighton College then turns south to Eastern Road. The road was laid out in the 1860s but only Hamilton Lodge, the white building on the right further down the slope, now a school for the deaf, was built at that time. The rest was developed in the first decade of the 20th century. The eastern end of the road occupies the southern slope of Whitehawk Hill which climbs quite steeply here but allows for excellent views over the city.

Minor road that connects Whitehawk Hill Road with Eastern Road. St John's College is to the right.

A residential road that links Walpole Road to Eastern Road which was originally a continuation of Abbey Road. The houses were built in the first decade of the 20th century whilst the road was renamed in the 1920s.

A residential street that runs between Walpole Road and Canning Street that was developed in the early 1880s. On the left hand side beyond the trees are the playing fields of Brighton College.

An independent school for people with learning difficulties located in Walpole Road at the junction with Whitehawk Hill Road. The school was set up as a convalescent home in 1875 and moved to this site in 1886. I'm guessing there is some kind of refurbishment going on here.

A residential road that runs from Eastern Road to Walpole Road but also has a western arm that links the western section of Walpole Road next to Brighton College. This is a view of the latter. The road was developed in the grounds of a former villa, Belle Vue House built in 1868, in the first decade of the 20th century. The villa was demolished in 1968 though the garden wall to the right still survives.

An old droving road that predates all of the building in the vicinity. Looking down the steep descent towards its junction with Upper Abbey Road with a view of the pier in the far distance. The block of flats to the left is Courtney King House whilst the junction with Walpole Road is to the immediate right.

St John's is a school and college for young people with special educational needs: see https://www.st-johns.co.uk/. The site was founded as a children's convalescent home in 1875 by Sister Jane Borradaile; the modern college honours her by naming one of its houses Borradaile. The home provided services to, among others, the Waifs and Strays Society which later became the Church of England Children's Society, and was taken over by that society in 1938. It functioned as a convalescent home until the late 1940s, becoming a special school in the mid 1950s. For more details of the home's history, see the Children's Society's "Hidden Lives Revealed" website at http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/BRIGH03.html.