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Fonthill Road, HOVE, BN3 6HD

Built on the former Goldstone Ground, much loved home of Brighton and Hove Albion from 1902 to 1997

Semi-detached bungalows (except for 36 on the left) that were built in the mid 1950s on the site of Goldstone House. See http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume16/source/jg_16_074.html for a view taken in 1880 not long after it was built. The house belonged to a local Alderman, JJ Clark, who was instrumental in setting up a local bakery firm, Clark's and also Brighton & Hove Albion, where he leased a field in front of his house that later became the Goldstone Ground. The house was demolished in 1955, see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume16/source/jg_16_075.html for a view in the same year.

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This large Edwatdian house was built for the Clark family who once owned a large bakery nearby and were involved in the foundation of Brighton & Hove Albion, whose former ground the house looked out upon to the west. The bakery went bust in 1976 and the football ground was sold in 1997. The house has survived though has now been converted into flats.

Linking Newtown Road with Old Shoreham Road (A270). The nondescript grey warehouses are part of the Goldstone Retail Park built on the site of the former Goldstone Ground, home of Brighton & Hove Albion. Consequently, up to 1997 the view would have included the South Stand and the East Terrace with enough of a gap to view the pitch.

Fans of Brighton and Hove Albion will look on in sorrow towards Toys R us and Comet, for there was the Goldstone Road, home to the Seagulls for many years until the early nineties. Thankfully a new stadium at Falmer has been built and will be ready for use next season. See Image]

Just over a century ago this was a farm track that served Goldstone Farm and Goldstone House. The farm was given up in the 1920s and the land sold for development. By then the Goldstone Ground had been constructed which was home to Brighton & Hove Albion until 1997 when a carpetbagging chairman sold the ground for personal gain. The site is now occupied by the retail warehouses in the distance. The houses on the right were built in the 1970s on the site of an old agricultural labourers cottage which had stood within the grounds of Goldstone House. The lane now connects Newtown Road with Old Shoreham Road, the A270.

Entrance point viewed from across the Old Shoreham Road (A270). The area was once farmland and was purchased by the council and turned into a park in 1906 and remains a popular place to this day.

Built in the late 1990s on the site of the former Goldstone Ground after a carpetbagging chairman had sold the ground to benefit himself rather than the club. Up to 1997 this view from Hove Park across the Old Shoreham Road would have taken in the rear of the popular North Stand. Now it is another soulless retail park.