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Court Drive, CROMER, NR27 9BU

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.

I'd call it a ginnel, but I don't know the Norfolk equivalent. It shows the local fashion for using beach stones as a building material.

On the corner of Cliff Avenue and Norwich Road (A149). The house depicted here is believed to have been designed by Augustus Frederic Scott. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Frederic_Scott?oldid=722797592 Once known as "Kingswear" this house forms a pair with "Faldonside", set on the opposite side.

On the corner of Cliff Avenue and Church Street (A149). A similar house Faldonside Lodge) stands on the other side of the road > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/791372. Once known as "Kingswear", this house forms a pair with "Faldonside". It is believed to have been designed by Norwich Architect Augustus Frederic Scott. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Frederic_Scott?oldid=722797592

Very distinctive and unusual architecture.

A house of similar construction stands just across the road > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/791371. Both these houses are believed to have been designed by Augustus Frederic Scott. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Frederic_Scott?oldid=722797592 The name of this building, situated at 25 Cliff Avenue by the junction with Norwich Road, is Faldonside Lodge. It is currently (2021) a residential home providing personal care to people aged 65 and over. It was originally known as Moriston House, when it was home to local solicitor EM Hansell. The name was later changed to Faldonside (sometimes given as Falconside). Faldonside and Kingswear form a pair, set each side of the Norwich Road entrance to Cliff Avenue.

There is a mini-roundabout here.