Garage, 21 Station Road

Garage, 21 Station Road
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This is a rare example of a surviving 1920s motor car garage premises. Caffyn’s was a large car sales and repair company founded in Eastbourne in the 19th Century.

Built in 1924 and designed by Wall Callow and Callow, the art deco style façade on Station Road reflected the very latest architectural trend when it was erected. It has a stepped pediment above a giant arch and a concave frontage at ground floor level. The portal was originally flanked by display windows and the arch contained an elegant fanlight window.

The company also had a showroom on Devonshire Road (now an Iceland store). They closed the Station Road site in 1980 and moved to a new showroom on the newly-built bypass, King Offa Way in 1982 (now the Sussex Bed Centre).

Gallery

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  1930s
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  2008

Further Reading

Caffyn's Limited - Bexhill Museum