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Newhaven Close, CROMER, NR27 0BD

Newhaven Close was laid out and its bungalows built in 1960-1. My uncle, Harry Lees (1891-1978), bought this one and retired to Cromer from Nottingham, where he had been headmaster of Sneinton Dale (Greenwood) School. His widow, my Aunt Marjorie, continued to live here until 2005. I imagine Harry took this photo shortly after they moved to Cromer in 1961. It shows the original concrete road surface - now tarmac - and the garden before planting began. Of more general interest, perhaps, is the Victorian building in the background, Newhaven Court. Built in 1884 as the family home of the Locker Lampsons, it became a hotel after the Great War. Eminent visitors to Newhaven Court included Frederick Locker's friend Oscar Wilde, the King of Greece, Tennyson, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Prince Philip (who, as a boy, stayed in a chalet in the grounds) and Einstein. Newhaven Court was destroyed by fire on 23 January 1963 and its site is now occupied by the bungalows of Court Drive.

There is a mini-roundabout here.

Situated on an elevation and looking down upon the modern complex of Benjamin Court Hospital below is the Fletcher building, a Victorian convalescent home. It still looks grand from a distance. A closer look reveals that most of the windows are boarded up and that the building is deteriorating. The north elevation, where the main entrance used to be, is adorned with a number of stone carvings and gargoyles can be seen high up on the square tower. Update 23 March 2012: Demolition work has started to make way for a car park, which will serve the new multi-million pound hospital that has been built behind it.

Most of the large windows on the first floor are smashed and boarded up. Update 23 March 2012: Demolition work has started to make way for a car park, which will serve the new multi-million pound hospital that has been built behind it.

Situated on an elevation and looking down upon the modern complex of Benjamin Court Hospital below is the Fletcher building, a Victorian convalescent home. It still looks grand from a distance. A closer look reveals that most of the windows are boarded up and that the building is deteriorating. The north elevation, where the main entrance used to be, is adorned with a number of stone carvings and gargoyles can be seen high up on the square tower. Update 23 March 2012: Demolition work has started to make way for a car park, which will serve the new multi-million pound hospital that has been built behind it.

The passage leads to a courtyard at the south side. Update 23 March 2012: Demolition work has started to make way for a car park, which will serve the new multi-million pound hospital that has been built behind it.

In one of the outbuildings.

In one of the outbuildings.