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Sackville Road, Tennyson Court (formerly Hove General Hospital), Hove
Two storeys and of red brick, it incorporates numerous plain and stepped gables, tall chimneys and slate roofs.
Conservation Area (CA)
No CA
Local Listing Reference
LLHA0185
Description
Built 1887-88 by John T Chappell to designs by Clarke & Micklethwaite. The building replaced the Brighton & Hove Dispensary, Western District, which has previously been based at 4 Farm Road, but had outgrown the site. Two storeys and of red brick, it incorporates numerous plain and stepped gables, tall chimneys and slate roofs. A decorative panel to its south elevation states ‘This Hospital wing was erected in memory of Carr Burton Esq. by his widow Mary Penny Burton’, alongside the date 1888 and a coat of arms. A new wing was added in 1926 and 1934. The hospital closed in 1997 and has been converted to flats. Source: Middleton 2002
A. Architectural, Design and Artistic Interest
ii A well-detailed example of a later Victorian hospital building, which has been relatively sensitively converted.
C. Townscape Interest
ii Outside a conservation area, it contributes positively to the streetscene.
F. Intactness
i The building retains much of its external appearance, despite its conversion to residential use.
Date of inclusion
Pre-2015
Contact information
- Tennyson Court (formerly Hove General Hospital), Sackville Road, Hove