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Mr. John Benjamin Sainsbury, the Chairman of the well-known supermarket chain between 1928 and 1956, commissioned this house to be built for his retirement. In reality JB Sainsbury never actually retired, remaining the company chairman until his death, although he passed many ~~responsibilites~~ down to his two sons Alan and Robert in 1938 as joint general managers of the company. From an early age John ~~Betjamin~~ was trained to take-over the company by his father John James who founded the Sainsbury retail dynasty in 1869. John ~~Betjamin~~ Sainsbury joined the board of the company in 1915.

Mr. John Benjamin Sainsbury, the Chairman of the well-known supermarket chain between 1928 and 1956, commissioned this house to be built for his retirement. In reality JB Sainsbury never actually retired, remaining the company chairman until his death, although he passed many responsibilities down to his two sons Alan and Robert in 1938 as joint general managers of the company. From an early age John Benjamin was trained to take-over the company by his father John James who founded the Sainsbury retail dynasty in 1869. John Benjamin Sainsbury joined the board of the company in 1915.

The house and an accompanying cottage (now The Lodge, Collington Rise) were built for him in the early 1930s by the builder H.R. Farnfield. The contract for the house was for £17,000, which was noted as a significant sum for a single-house contract at that time. Mr. Sainsbury spent an additional £1,000 on landscaping. This included converting an existing footpath into a small road lined on both sides with rhododendrons.

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This is apparently one of only three thatched houses in Bexhill (the former gardener's cottage, now The Lodge, is the second). It is a substantial and very attractive rural vernacular style property with an elaborate thatched roof, multiple rustic-style feathered weatherboard-hung gables, diamond lattice style leaded light casement windows, tall brick chimneys and simple white painted rendered walls.

It is included on this register not only for its significant architectural interest as an interwar cottage style residence but also for its historical associations as a residence of the Chairman of the Sainsbury grocery company during a period of enormous growth in the 1920s-1950s when it was (and still is to this day) one of Britain's leading retailers.

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-Mr. John Benjamin Sainsbury, the Chairman of the well-known supermarket chain between 1928 and 1956, commissioned this house to be built for his retirement. In reality JB Sainsbury never actually retired, remaining the company chairman until his death, although he passed many responsibilites down to his two sons Alan and Robert in 1938 as joint general managers of the company. From an early age John Betjamin was trained to take-over the company by his father John James who founded the Sainsbury retail dynasty in 1869. John Betjamin Sainsbury joined the board of the company in 1915.
+Mr. John Benjamin Sainsbury, the Chairman of the well-known supermarket chain between 1928 and 1956, commissioned this house to be built for his retirement. In reality JB Sainsbury never actually retired, remaining the company chairman until his death, although he passed many responsibilities down to his two sons Alan and Robert in 1938 as joint general managers of the company. From an early age John Benjamin was trained to take-over the company by his father John James who founded the Sainsbury retail dynasty in 1869. John Benjamin Sainsbury joined the board of the company in 1915.
 The house and an accompanying cottage (now The Lodge, Collington Rise) were built for him in the early 1930s by the builder H.R. Farnfield. The contract for the house was for £17,000, which was noted as a significant sum for a single-house contract at that time. Mr. Sainsbury spent an additional £1,000 on landscaping. This included converting an existing footpath into a small road lined on both sides with rhododendrons.
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 This is apparently one of only three thatched houses in Bexhill (the former gardener's cottage, now The Lodge, is the second). It is a substantial and very attractive rural vernacular style property with an elaborate thatched roof, multiple rustic-style feathered weatherboard-hung gables, diamond lattice style leaded light casement windows, tall brick chimneys and simple white painted rendered walls.
 It is included on this register not only for its significant architectural interest as an interwar cottage style residence but also for its historical associations as a residence of the Chairman of the Sainsbury grocery company during a period of enormous growth in the 1920s-1950s when it was (and still is to this day) one of Britain's leading retailers.
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