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Portland Road, HOVE, BN3 5LD

One of four east-west roads that run parallel to each other through the old parish of Aldrington, the others being Kingsway (A259), New Church Road (B2066) and Old Shoreham Road (A270). The road was laid out in the 1870s and developed gradually over the next forty or so years.

Originally an open field called South Gores, according to Aldrington's 1840 tithe map, that had become allotments by the time of the 1898 OS map and remained so until 1921 when the section adjacent to Olive road was acquired by the Brighton Equitable Co-Operative Society who initially built a bakery fronting onto Portland Road and later included buildings erected for their grocery, dairy and laundry departments. The site was vacated in the mid 1990s and the current trading estate built soon after. See http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume16/source/jg_16_054.html

Former engineering works built in the 1950s that is now subdivided into a number of business units

A residential road that heads south from Portland Road joining Rothbury Road at the junction with Mornington Crescent. Originally an open space called Old field in Aldrington's 1840 tithe map both this road and neighbouring Image were not developed until the 1930s.

A residential road that heads south from Portland Road joining Jesmond Road at the junction with Mornington Crescent. Once an open space called Old Field according to Aldrington's 1840 tithe map that was not developed along with neighbouring Image until the 1930s.

A residential road that links Portland Avenue to Portland Road. Originally part of a field called Great Golhards which was located within a detached portion of Portslade parish that was acquired by Aldrington in 1883 by which point part was used as a brick field. The road was laid out and developed in the early 1930s.

Once a small field called Bridge Croft, according to Aldrington's 1840 tithe map, that was squeezed between the railway to the north and the former Aldrington Farm to the south and named after a nearby railway bridge. In 1914 a factory was built here and operated by HJ Green & Co, the dessert makers, who stayed until moving north to Rotherham in 1978. Consequently, the old buildings were demolished and replaced by these business units.

Originally built as offices in the 1970s and for many years home to the local VAT inspectors. These moved out in 2009 and the block continued to be used commercially until 2012. Deemed obsolete for modern office use the block was converted into luxury apartments in 2015, see also Image The block occupies part of the site of Aldrington Farm which was built sometime in the first third of the 19th century. This was demolished in the 1880s and replaced by an ice factory and later became part of the site of an engineering works before that closed in the 1970s and the site was acquired by Seeboard who demolished the factory and replaced it with offices, see Image

Residential street that links Portland Road to Mornington Crescent. Having been covered by 8-10 inches of snow some of the cars have an extra layer of leaves blown off after the snowfall. The street was developed during the 1920s.

Originally the site of Aldrington Farm it had become an ice works by the 1890s which in turn had disappeared by 1911. By 1932 the area by the railway had become a small works which remained the case until the mid 1970s when the adjacent machine tools factory was closed and the site was purchased by Seeboard. Martello House on the left was built in the mid 1970s and was for many years the local VAT office until its closure in 2009.