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Brookfield Court, Lionel Road

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Brookfield Court, Lionel Road
LL ref: 279
Start date: 1934
Architect: Hugh Hubbard Ford
Builder: unknown
Original use: Residential
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Designed by the well-known architectural firm based in Eastbourne H Hubbard Ford, this apartment building dates from 1934. Ford was a pupil of Sir Albert Richardson and was responsible for much post-war planning and reconstruction in Brighton, and well-mannered mid-20th Century Modern style buildings such as Barclays Bank in Eastbourne.

This block has simple white-rendered elevations, the façade well-articulated by a recessed central bay with curved sides giving it an art-deco flavour, brise-soleil style canopies project above the entrance and above the central recess, the lift tower above the parapet forming a third streamlined feature. The sage-green painted quadrant and semi-circular fluted vertical features add to the deco appearance.