This remarkable photograph is a copy of one taken in 1869 from the window of one of the newly built houses St Aubyns.
The gas works were erected in 1835 and gas was manufactured here until 1870 when the Portslade works were opened. These buildings were then removed and replaced by gasometers. The photograph also shows St Andrew’s Church, George Street School, Gas Cottage (referred to on another page) and the Gas manager’s house at the extreme left. The excavations in the field were for one of the houses on the east side of St Aubyns. To the left were the extensive market gardens of Balchin & Nell.
The large building in the background is something of a mystery. It looks like the old Cliftonville (now Hove) Station but is at the wrong angle for this, though the distance from Church Road is about right. Another possibility is that it is Goldstone House which stood for more than 80 years in what is now Fonthill Road.
Addendum: The distant building was definitely Cliftonville Station, opened in October 1865.
Image Reference: JG_12_185.tif
Date: 1869
Image Details: Copy
Size of Original: 207x135
Place: Hove
Additional Information: No comment
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