Toad Hall, 9 De La Warr Road
| Toad Hall, 9 De La Warr Road | |
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| LL ref: | 418 |
| Start date: | C19 |
| Architect: | unknown |
| Builder: | unknown |
| Original use: | Coach house, stables and cottage |
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Group value, being within the Old Town Conservation Area and more specifically the group that forms the De La Warr Road street frontage between Church Street and Hastings Road.
The house was owned at one time by a bricklayer, John Crowhurst, who sold it to Richard Day, a builder, in 1832.
Became known as Alma Cottage before being renamed Toad Hall.
Having been much altered during its lifespan, it has a somewhat quirky appearance but full of character. Brick construction with clay hung tiles above ground floor and clay roof tiles. Wooden casement windows. The section nearest the road has a pitched roof with dormered roof first floor living space. Also a gable ended garage with ornamental barge boards. The two storey part of the building further from the road is taller and has a flat roof with hung tiles above ground level. Its current appearance looks to be the result of more than one extension and alteration over the years.
Justifications for local listing are its history, age and group value.
Nominated by the Bexhill Old Town Preservation Society