When the original photograph, of which this is a copy, came into my possession, it took me several months of patient investigation to identify this house.
It proved to be Vine Cottage, built on Balchin’s Nurseries, south of Church Road, Hove, on the site of the present Vallance gardens. The view here is from the rear of 36 and 38 St Aubyns, looking due west over the meadows of Aldrington. The roof and chimneys of Hove manor House in Hove Street, can be seen above the trees on the left.
Between Vine Cottage and Manor House was the garden of another large house, Ivy Lodge. In this garden were taken some of the earliest cinematograph films, by Mr Williamson.
Close to this house were Ivy Cottages, 3 small cottages, approached by a narrow lane from Kingsway, which can be seen in one of the Kingsway photographs. The Cottages were also accessible from Vine Cottage, via the path seen at the rear of the house.
Vine Cottage must have been built about 1850, as it is mentioned in Folthorpe’s Brighton Directory of that period. I am told that it was demolished in 1908, but I cannot guarantee the accuracy of this.
Image Reference: JG_12_187.tif
Date: Unknown
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 205x155
Place: Hove
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