Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0083
Description
Farmworker’s cottages. Dated 1892. Flint with brick dressings and tiled roof with single central ridge chimney stack. Semi-detached and designed as a symmetrical pair. Single window to each floor of each property, surmounted by a small gable. Three-brick deep string course. Front entrances set to outer bay of each house, with open-sided porch. Porches are similar to (but do not match) those to 120-124 Vale Avenue (built by Abergavenny estate in 1909). The building incorporates the crest of the Nevill Family, set within the Royal Garter. William Nevill, 1st Marquis of Abergavenny was made a Knight of the Royal Garter in 1886 and served as LordLieutenant of Sussex between 1892 and 1905. There is a tudor rose and portcullis set to either side of the crest, and further tudor roses set in the gable of each side elevation. These likely represent Nevill’s recent appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex and, more generally, his associations with the Royal family and Parliament. The building is set back from the road, at the corner with Beacon Hill. Source: http://www.brunningandprice.co.uk/nevillcrestandgun/history/ http://thepeerage.com/p1439.htm#i14389
A. Architectural, design and artistic interest
ii. The building is a good example of its type.
B. Historical and Evidential Interest
i. The incorporation of the Nevill Family crest, Royal Garter, tudor roses and portcullis associate this building directly with William Nevill, 1st Marquis of Abergavenny. The building was constructed in 1892, and appears to celebrate his appointment as Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex in that year.
ii. Associated with the Abergavenny farm estate, as illustrated by the Nevill Family crest. The Abergavenney Estate owned much of the land in and around Ovingdean, and had a significant impact on the area’s development. The architectural quality of the building reveals much about the relationship between owners and workers on the estate.
C. Townscape Interest
ii. Outside the Ovingdean conservation area, it makes a positive contribution to the streetscene
F. Intactness
i. Although the windows have been replaced, the building retains a sense of completeness and design integrity
Date of Inclusion
2015
