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Lavender Street, BRIGHTON, BN2 1LH

A small cul de sac off Lavender Street though it originally was a narrow alley heading north from St James's Street containing a row of houses, see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume22/source/jg_22_020.html. These were cleared around 1978 though the alley remains as a footpath that now ends at Eastern Road. This section was laid out in the 1970s and covers an area once occupied by Mount Street. The building with the sloping roof is the council's Lavender Street Housing Office whilst the block on the right is Wiltshire House. Other blocks visible in the distanbce are Warwick Mount and Essex Place.

Head south out of Park Street across Eastern Road then take a footpath to Hereford Street. Originally developed between 1809-21 this area was also cleared of slums between 1926-28 and rebuilt during the 1930s before being halted by the war then recommencing from the late 1950s as can be seen by the mixture of styles evident in this pcture. This page is the last of the tour of TQ3104.

Head north up Upper Rock Gardens then east along Eastern Road until the junction with Park Street. Developed between 1822-30 the western side has survived but the eastern side has been demolished and replaced with 1960s blocks of flats. The other gate into Queens Park can be seen toward the right of the picture. Click on link to take you to the next page. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/232070

1960s residential and commercial developments dominate the scene here and, evidenced by the distant crane, work is ongoing. This view was taken from the traffic light controlled junction of Edward Street with Upper Rock Gardens to the right, and is the view looking in the opposite direction to Simon's Image It is to be hoped that the elderly lady in the pink coat with the walking stick got across the eastbound carriageway in time, as the lights had already changed...

The last houses on Edward Street before it becomes Eastern Road. Originally the junction was at the cross roads with Park Street and Lavender Street and numbering began at 96 from the latter. 104 is a former public house, the Star Inn, which closed in 1905 and has been a house ever since. Hereford Court is the large block on the left.

The road originally ran from Upper St James's Street to Eastern Road but since the 1960s now ends at the junction with Hereford Street. Originally developed in the 1810s the area soon became a notorious slum and began to be cleared in the late 1920s but was not completed until the 1960s. The former high density terraced housing was replaced with flats and five high rises, two of which, Wiltshire House and Hereford Court, are in view.

At the junction of Upper Rock Gardens. Taken from the junction with Lower Rock Gardens.

This is the side elevation of the building to the street called Upper Rock Gardens, geographically the west face but liturgically the south aisle and transept. The full dedication of the church is St Mary & St James. It was completed in 1879 to replace an earlier building, to the design of Sir William Emerson, the only English church by an architect who practised mainly in India - in the same year he was working on the cathedral of All Saints at Allahabad (Prayagraj) in Uttar Pradesh. The style has been described as a blend of Early English and Early French Gothic; note the cross gables to the aisle. Inside, the crossing, apse and shallow transepts are all vaulted. A planned tower and spire at the liturgical south-west angle, the corner of St James's Street, were never completed. St Mary's is listed Grade II* https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101380884-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-queens-park-ward Brighton & Hove Churches https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/brighton-and-hove-st-mary-st-jamess-street/

The apsidal sanctuary and liturgical north (geographically east) transept of Image seen from a side passage. As Nicholas Antram and Richard Morrice note in their Pevsner city guide "its red brick exterior with sandstone dressings is difficult to appreciate in its begrimed state and scruffy environs". St Mary's is listed Grade II* https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101380884-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-queens-park-ward Brighton & Hove Churches https://sussexparishchurches.org/church/brighton-and-hove-st-mary-st-jamess-street/