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The Drive, HOVE, BN3 3PE

This part of Hove was built up from the 1870s onwards when the Stanford Estate was given over to commercial development. This minor road heads south to the sea and gives some idea to space afforded to the roads and avenues for the well to do, consequently unlike many other Victorian roads this one is wide enough to have room for cars to park in the middle. The original buildings are by and large untouched with the exception of a few blocks of flats on the eastern side. This view looks south from the curve in the road near the junction with the B2120.

The B2185 heading north from the junction with Eaton Road.

This retirement block along with Phillip Court occupies the area bounded by The Drive (B2185) to the west, Cromwell Road (B2120) to the north and Wilbury Road to the east. When the latter was laid out in the 1890s this area was given over to the Wilbury Road Lawn Tennis Club who retained occupancy of the area until the 1970s when it was closed and these blocks were built in its place. This view looks from Wilbury Road in a northerly direction towards Elizabeth Court.

All Saints' Church is on the corner of The Drive and Eaton Road.

The B2186 which links Kingsway and Old Shoreham Road. Laid out when the Stanford estate was developed in the 1870s hence the straightness of the road. This part lies between Eaton Road and Cromwell Road.

Late nineteenth century terracotta mansions with a touch of gothic built for the great and good of the era. Nowadays, like most top end Victorian buildings in this area, they have been subdivided into flats. The less fortunate have been demolished altogether and replaced by more modern faceless apartment blocks. The Drive is the B2185 that runs from the seafront to the A270 Old Shoreham Road. These houses are south of the crossroads with the B2120 Cromwell Road on the west side of the road. This view looks south.

Sussex County Cricket Ground hosts an annual firework display and here the debris on the afternoon after is yet to be cleared.

All Saints is an imposing church—one of the largest of the 19th century Gothic revival—and bears some resemblance to one of John Loughborough Pearson's largest ecclesiastical projects, Truro Cathedral, building of the church started in 1889. It has served as the parish church for the whole of Hove since 1892 http://www.allsaintshove.org/

An elephantine Victorian church on Eaton Road.