Photographs of Coldean from 1906 to 1950s

Bevendean History Project Photos

Photographs of Coldean from 1906 to mid-1950s

Most of the photographs here show building occupied by farm workers when Coldean was a farm belonging to the Stanmer estate. The buildings date from the seventeen and eighteen hundreds.

1906 Entrance to Coldean Lane from Lewes Road

1930c Coldean Lane Farm and Cottages

1949 Coldean Lane Farm and Cottages

Early 1950s Coldean Lane - The Southdown bus occupies the whole width of the narrow lane

1954 Three cottages occupied by workers on Coldean Farm. Buildings in background from 1920s-30s.

1954 Coldean Lane with two lodges on either side of road. Hikers Rest built 1927 in background.

Three cottages demolished in the late 1950s.

1950s Detached Cottage at the bottom of Coldean Lane.

1950s late. Cottages waiting for demolition.

Photograph, probably from the 1950s looking from the Lewes Road towards Coldean Lane and the Hikers Rest with the houses of Park Road in the distance.

Photograph, probably from the 1950s looking from the Lewes Road towards Coldean Lane with the Hikers Rest on the left.

Lewes Road as it approaches the junction with Coldean Lane, showing the northern end of the terraced Coldean Lane Cottages. The two separate detached houses were always treated as part of the Cottages.

Three terraced Cottages and the detached house awaiting demolition in the late 1950s at Coldean.

Menagerie Cottages, Coldean Lane. The old cottage, seen here, was originally a barn, built about 1740.

Menagerie Cottages, Coldean Lane in 1950, and the houses were demolished in December 1955.

The long barn and other farm buildings photographed about 1949/1950 when this was just a country area to the north of Brighton. The farm buildings were on the other side of Coldean Lane from the Menagerie cottages.

The long barn and other farm buildings photographed about 1949/1950.

Demolition of Menagerie Cottage photographed in December 1955, when destruction was well under way, the adjoining cottage having already been removed.