Adam trimingham writes in his article "Up up and away with a shrinking green heritage" that New Church Road was threatened by the building of flats in the Sixties as if that threat has passed.
Perhaps he is unaware of the planned demolition of the Victorian Villa at 50-52 New Church Road, part of the old Westbourne Hospital.
Plans for the development, available to be viewed on Brighton and Hove City Council's website, reveal what would be an unsympathetic addition to this part of Hove, with one of the proposed new buildings reaching a height of six storeys.
It would be a sign of progressive thinking if the council would hold out for a design that not only had respect for the skyline in this conservation area but included a sympathetic restoration of the handsome double-fronted, red brick mansion that has graced this corner of New Church Road for more than 100 years.
TJ Jeffries
Church Road,
Hove
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