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Lewes Crescent, BRIGHTON, BN2 1FH

A view of numbers 1-14 on the western side whose facades were completed in 1827 though the interiors on a number were not completed until much later. Number 1 on the left is Fife House once home to the Duke of Devonshire and later the Duke and Duchess of Fife, the latter the daughter of Edward VII who convalesced here in 1908. Number 13 in the distance was home to Thomas Cubitt up to his death in 1855. Cubitt was a builder who was involved in a number of projects for the wealthy including the Kemp Town development in Brighton and areas of Bloomsbury and Belgravia in London, whilst for royalty he was involved in the east side of Buckingham Palace and Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Near enough all of the houses have now been converted into apartments and flats, a trend that began as far back as 1903.

Part of the original Kemp Town developed by Thomas Kemp between 1822-30 and designed by Charles Busby and Amon Wilds. Residents have included daughters of Edward VII, the 6th Duke of Devonshire, Lord Frederick Elwyn-Jones, labour chancellor and prosecutor at Nuremberg and his next door neighbour for many years, Dame Anna Neagle. The grounds between the two wings of Lewes Crescent and Sussex Square are private and for residents only. This is the western side.

The gardens of Sussex Square were the first part of the Kemp Town Estate to be laid out and they were enclosed by railings in 1824. There is a notice on the railings giving full details - see https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7256787 The gardens are private. The houses of Lewes Crescent can be seen on the far side.

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Located on the corner of Rock Grove and dating back to at least the 1840s.