Moulsecoomb - Bevendean History Project
Student Flats at One Moulsecoomb Way
The plot of land on the north side of Moulsecoomb Way adjacent
to the Lewes Road has been used to construct a building containing 380
student study bedrooms, with approximately 14,000 square feet of
employment space.
The site is bounded by the Lewes Road to the west, the railway line from Brighton to Lewes to the north, industrial units to the east and Moulsecoomb Way to the south.
The site of the student flats is the area edged in red.
A is where the railway cottages were built after the coming of the railway in the 1840s.
The railway cottages photographed in 1954 from the James Gray Collection.
B is the site of the recycling centre which replaced the Southdowns Bus Garage in 2003.
The recycling centre in 2018.
C is where St Francis Church was dedicated on the 16th July 1939.
St Francis Church photographed in September 2012.
An application was made in April 2019 to demolition the existing industrial buildings used for recycling, the church and the residential buildings by the Lewes Road.
Demolition of the recycling underway in June 2020.
At the same time permission was sort to erect new buildings ranging from 5 to 7 storeys providing a mix of new community and employment floorspace at ground floor level and student bedrooms with communal facilities on the upper floors along with landscaping, and public and communal open space.
Permission for the demolition and building work was given on 16th December 2019.
By February 2021 construction work had reached the third floor.
A Topping Out ceremony was held on the roof of the building on the 14th October 2021. Work then continued fitting out the interior of the building.
The building project was completed in June 2022, the photograph above was taken in July 2022.
A sculpture including the names of 560 people from the local community - and two cats has been installed adjacent to the pavement at the entrance to a new student accommodation block.
The new building at 1 Moulsecoomb Way has been named Hillfort House.
The sculpture was designed by Bruce Williams who used a laser to cut the names into the Corten steel sheets. The sculpture also contains the outlines of people from the local community and Moulsecoomb Primary School.
The steel artwork is designed to rust and then stabilise into a rich orangey-brown colour.
One of the panels photographed on 30 June 2022.
The sculpture was commissioned by McLaren Property who were responsible for the Hillfort House development.
The site is bounded by the Lewes Road to the west, the railway line from Brighton to Lewes to the north, industrial units to the east and Moulsecoomb Way to the south.
The site of the student flats is the area edged in red.
A is where the railway cottages were built after the coming of the railway in the 1840s.
The railway cottages photographed in 1954 from the James Gray Collection.
B is the site of the recycling centre which replaced the Southdowns Bus Garage in 2003.
The recycling centre in 2018.
C is where St Francis Church was dedicated on the 16th July 1939.
St Francis Church photographed in September 2012.
An application was made in April 2019 to demolition the existing industrial buildings used for recycling, the church and the residential buildings by the Lewes Road.
Demolition of the recycling underway in June 2020.
At the same time permission was sort to erect new buildings ranging from 5 to 7 storeys providing a mix of new community and employment floorspace at ground floor level and student bedrooms with communal facilities on the upper floors along with landscaping, and public and communal open space.
Permission for the demolition and building work was given on 16th December 2019.
By February 2021 construction work had reached the third floor.
A Topping Out ceremony was held on the roof of the building on the 14th October 2021. Work then continued fitting out the interior of the building.
The building project was completed in June 2022, the photograph above was taken in July 2022.
A sculpture including the names of 560 people from the local community - and two cats has been installed adjacent to the pavement at the entrance to a new student accommodation block.
The new building at 1 Moulsecoomb Way has been named Hillfort House.
The sculpture was designed by Bruce Williams who used a laser to cut the names into the Corten steel sheets. The sculpture also contains the outlines of people from the local community and Moulsecoomb Primary School.
The steel artwork is designed to rust and then stabilise into a rich orangey-brown colour.
One of the panels photographed on 30 June 2022.
The sculpture was commissioned by McLaren Property who were responsible for the Hillfort House development.
More photographs taken during the building work
The Sculpture by the entrance to One Moulsecoomb Way
