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|date=1924 | |||
|architect=Wall Callow and Callow | |||
|builder=unknown | |||
|use=Commercial | |||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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). | 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). | ||
== Further Reading == | |||
[https://www.bexhillmuseum.org.uk/access-centre/bexhill-transport-and-engineering/bexhills-garages-exhibition-2016-17/caffyns-limited/ Caffyn's Limited - Bexhill Museum] | |||
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Former Ambulance Station, Bexhill-on-Sea - geograph.org.uk - 690059.jpg|2008 | Former Ambulance Station, Bexhill-on-Sea - geograph.org.uk - 690059.jpg|2008 | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 3 June 2025
| Garage, 21 Station Road | |
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| LL ref: | 133 |
| Start date: | 1924 |
| Architect: | Wall Callow and Callow |
| Builder: | unknown |
| Original use: | Commercial |
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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[1], 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).
Further Reading
Caffyn's Limited - Bexhill Museum
Gallery
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1930s -
2008
- ↑ Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, Saturday March 31 1923, Page 8