Gardens · South East England
Courtenay Gate
Courtenay Gate — a garden in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
Courtenay Gate is a garden of interest in england-south-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Courtenay Gate is a block of serviced apartments on the seafront in Hove, part of the English coastal city of Brighton and Hove. Situated in a prominent position next to the beach and overlooking Hove Lawns, the six-storey block is Neo-Georgian in style and dates from 1934. It is in a conservation area and is a locally listed building. Built to replace a terrace of early-19th-century houses which had been demolished more than 30 years earlier, the "imposing" gault brick building has a "palatial" appearance and is a landmark on the seafront.
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Background
History
James Mills built a terrace of ten houses between Hove beach and the old road to Shoreham-by-Sea which ran along the seafront in the late 1820s. He named the development after himself and occupied 3 Mills Terrace until his death on 11 April 1846. His tomb is still visible at St Andrew's Church on Church Road. The properties had private gardens adjoining the beach, and were either owned by wealthy residents (including a baron, a private tutor, a priest and a shipbuilder) or were run as "respectable lodging houses". Mills Terrace was demolished in 1901 and the site remained empty until 1930 despite many plans for redevelopment. A block of flats was proposed in 1907; in 1916 three people…
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- Coordinates
- 50.8244, -0.1725
- Address
- Kingsway, Hove BN3 2WJ
- Established
- 1934
- Official site
- hoveplinth.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q24993660 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Courtenay Gate (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Courtenay Gate?
- Courtenay Gate is in South-East England, United Kingdom.
- When was Courtenay Gate built?
- Built or established in 1934.
- Who owns Courtenay Gate?
- Courtenay Gate is owned by | landlord =.