The home site of the Round Hill Society, a community group of the residents of Round Hill in Brighton, England. The site contains information about the area, latest news and reflections on life in Round Hill.
Note the extent to which the original plan of Round Hill was recognised and remains intact: click on the picture to enlarge the plan of the Round Hill Park Estate issued in 1853 to first residents invited to purchase lots in our neighbourhood. The picture will open in an new tab. Then to further enlarge Hold down Ctrl and press + (Windows PC) or Command and press + (OS MAC).
The original plan of Round Hill
Rose Hill Park and Round Hill Park - both parts of the RH Estate.
Rose Hill Park (article by Chris Tullett), relating mainly to what is now Sylvan Hall, was bordered by Ditchling Road, Upper Lewes Road, Wakefield Road and most of the south side of Princes Crescent, covering a triangular area.
The area north of what is now Bromley Road and round into Princes Crescent was developed as The Round Hill Park
The Area (12.05 Hectares / 29.78 Acres)
Round Hill Conservation Area Map. This shows the conservation area roughly triangular and bounded to the west by Ditchling Road, to the SE by Upper Lewes Road and to the north by the Brighton to Lewes railway line.
A visual introduction to Round Hill
A high resolution photo taken by Ted in 2004 (beforeThe Dump!) shows the value of Round Hill's most spectacular green corridor to our conservation area. Click on the following picture to see it:
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The photo includes scores of Round Hill homes. It also shows the care taken in the early development of Round Hill to construct a in street layout which is still pleasing to the eye with its deliberate arcs, segments and restful 'green ribbons' in between.
Conservation Area (designated in 1977)
Round Hill Conservation Area Character Statement
This sets out clearly what is special about the conservation area
Article 4 Direction - A4/22 - Round Hill Conservation Area
An Article 4 Direction has the effect of removing "Permitted Development" rights over certain specified classes of minor alterations and extensions, such as porches, replacement of windows and doors and painting of the exterior of a building. Usually these Directions only relate to those facades of the building facing onto a street or public footpath or open space, but sometimes they cover alterations and extensions at the rear or developments such as sheds in back gardens.
What requires planning permission? Note: the above link updates this.
The Round Hill Society
The Constitution of the Round Hill Society
Committee Members (elected Oct 2018)
and Information about the society
Committee Page containing the Minutes of recent meetings
Round Hill Reporter - past issues of our newsletter
development of Round Hill website
Reports from recent AGMs
Journals on Round Hill
10 years of The Round Hill Reporter You can now purchase the omnibus edition of the Round Hill Reporter - a bound volume of the first 40 issues, published to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Round Hill Society for £6.45 plus postage.
Purchase omnibus edition from lulu.com
Books on Round Hill and surroundings Rose Hill To Roundhill
a Brighton community
London Road
Brighton's First Suburb
Conservation Areas & Groups across the city
Conservation Advisory Group
The Council's Heritage Team
The Council's Conservation Area residents' guide
Brighton and Hove Heritage Commission
The Brighton Society
Regency Society
Hove Civic Society
Sussex Industrial Archeology Society