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Old Shoreham Road, HOVE, BN3 7EX

Cul de sac off Old Shoreham Road that is primarily a business estate. The southern portion abutting the railway was originally part of an electricity works that became a council refuse destructor works in 1931. The destructor closed in the early 1970s though the council continued using it as a depot until the late 1990s after which this section was sold and turned into business units. The road itself is named after a former convent and nursing home whose site is now occupied by Image and Image and, although originally the access road to the depot, began to be developed around the 1950s. To the right is Image whilst on the left is Image

Currently occupied by SIG Roofing suppliers. The building beyond is part of Hosiden Besson, see Image Both structures date from the 1950s and were most likely one establishment at one time.

An ancient east-west route that was until the early 1990s the A27, but since the building of the by-pass has been redesignated as the A270. Taken from the junction with St Joseph's Close.

On Old Shoreham Road, at the corner of St. Joseph's Close: http://www.secamb.nhs.uk/about_us/our_locations.aspx

Small business unit built in the 1950s that is currently empty. Number 10 is to the rear of the building and suggests that the pair were once a single establishment.

Currently home to Homebase, the DIY chain. The building was erected in the 1980s on the site of the former St Joseph's Home, a nursing home run by the Roman Catholic Little Sisters of the Poor. The home was constructed around 1884 and had a chapel added in 1900. It closed in 1980 and all the buildings were demolished in 1983/84.

Currently home to Carpet Right the unit was built in the mid 1980s on the site of the extensive gardens of St Joseph's Home, See Image, which is located to the immediate north.

Currently home to Hosiden Besson Ltd who manufacture sound and listening equipment. The firm also occupies Image The building dates from the 1950s.

The road is ancient predating all building either side and is believed to follow an old Roman route that ran westwards to a crossing of the River Adur at Old Shoreham. Much of the housing in view was developed during the 1930s as Hove began extending northwards whilst the road itself had become the A27 which it remained until the opening of the bypass between 1991-95 after which it bcame the A270.

Built in the late 1990s on the site of a former ambulance station which moved to new premises at number 2. As the name suggests it houses a number of small technology firms.