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Somerhill Avenue, HOVE, BN3 1RT

Another juxtaposition of new and old in this part of home and how the price of land is gradually turning indvidual houses on the right into small blocks of flats on the left.

1930s mock Tudor houses between the school and the junction with Somerhill Avenue.

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The square contains the north western portion of this park with a long and interesting history. The spring in the southern portion of the park burst into life in the 18th century just at a time when spas were becoming fashionable. A pump house was erected in 1800 and closed towards the end of the century as the spring was reduced to a trickle again. By that point financier Sir Isaac Goldsmid had acquired the land and landscaped the park and it was his descendants who sold the area to Hove Council who opened it to the public in 1913. The park also has a part to play in cinema history as George Smith, who acquired the leasehold in 1892, made short films in one of the buildings in the grounds and in the process produced the first cinematic close up shot in history. This view looks towards the western entrance of the gardens with the tennis courts to the right and a just viewable lych gate that leads to a scented garden for the blind on the left. Beyond the entrance the line of sight follows Somerhill Avenue before ending at Palmeira Court.

New development built during the 1990s and now occupying the blank space south of the B2120. Prior to this the site had been occupied by a school and a factory which at one point made ice. The sculpture appears to be of a carpet but has no record of what it is called or who it is by (will rectify this as soon as I find out). This view looks south west towards the exit of this cul-de-sac with the houses of Holland Road viewable beyond the entrance.

After proceeding along Cromwell Road the route turns south along Holland Road.