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Compton Place Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 1EE

The entrance gateway to Compton Place estate, seen from Compton Place Road. The estate comprises a house built in 1726 on the site of a Jacobean house, an office wing, stables and coach houses, all set in a listed garden. 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.

Lying beyond the cannon in the foreground and the area of parkland behind it, part of the perimeter wall of Compton Park can be seen in the locality of Compton Lodge and Saffron Court. The flint wall separates Compton Park from Compton Place Road.

A fence divides Compton Park from The Royal Eastbourne Golf Course, which can be seen inn the distance.

Framed by a lime tree and a horse chestnut tree, the photo shows golfers on the fairway of The Royal Eastbourne Golf Club in Eastbourne.

The rounded shapes of trees, the gently curving shape of the driveway and the predominately green colour of Compton Park combine to give it an air of tranquillity and peacefulness.