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The house and an accompanying cottage (now The Lodge, Collington Rise) were built for him in the late 1920s 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.

His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015<ref>[https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/decision-due-on-cottage-plans-2184074 Decision due on cottage plans - Bexhill Observer, 15th Jan 2016]</ref> ~~to make way for a new development of a block of six flats~~ but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref>

His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015 to make way for a new development of a block of six flats<ref>[https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/decision-due-on-cottage-plans-2184074 Decision due on cottage plans - Bexhill Observer, 15th Jan 2016]</ref> but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref>

Following the death of Mr. Sainsbury in 1956 the house was converted into five flats with over a dozen houses built in the former very extensive gardens (all granted planning permission in 1956-57), but it retains many of its external features.

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 The house and an accompanying cottage (now The Lodge, Collington Rise) were built for him in the late 1920s 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.
-His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015<ref>[https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/decision-due-on-cottage-plans-2184074 Decision due on cottage plans - Bexhill Observer, 15th Jan 2016]</ref> to make way for a new development of a block of six flats but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref>
+His head gardener, Mr. Osbourne, lived in the cottage in the grounds (demolition of this cottage was proposed in 2015 to make way for a new development of a block of six flats<ref>[https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/decision-due-on-cottage-plans-2184074 Decision due on cottage plans - Bexhill Observer, 15th Jan 2016]</ref> but this was refused by Rother DC), and he also employed a chauffeur, Bill Leaory.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bexhillonsea-beginning-people-district-1983/page/31/ Bexhill-on-Sea: It's Beginning, the People & District by H. G. Carey (1983)]</ref>
 Following the death of Mr. Sainsbury in 1956 the house was converted into five flats with over a dozen houses built in the former very extensive gardens  (all granted planning permission in 1956-57), but it retains many of its external features.