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It has a T-plan with its tail facing the seafront giving flats at the rear sea views, five storeys with the balconies are stacked at the corners. | It has a T-plan with its tail facing the seafront giving flats at the rear sea views, five storeys with the balconies are stacked at the corners. | ||
The main entrance is on Bedford Road – elegant fluted pilasters crowned with rectangular urns frame the doorway. | The main entrance is on Bedford Road – elegant fluted pilasters crowned with rectangular urns frame the doorway. | ||
A 500kg bomb demolished three upper floors of the east wing in 1943. The building was unoccupied apart from the caretaker who suffered superficial injuries. Rebuilt in 1946.<ref>[https://bexhill-osm.org.uk/?t=tour&g=bombmap&u=ww2&i=bb118#17/50.83953/0.48317 Bexhill-OSM: WWII Incident Map]</ref> | |||
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