The Long Wall continued
Upper Lewes and Wakefield Roads - recent developments
See The Round Hill Reporter October 2021
Residents of Round Hill and some people living opposite this wall have been active in over-painting tagging and other marker pen/spray paint vandalism of this wall for many years, and have been keen to find a permanent solution. Recent discussions with Council Officers (Nicki Mansfield, Project Development Officer for Cityclean and Hannah Barker, Community Engagement Officer for BHCC) has resulted in a plan being submitted to the Environmental Improvement Budget Board (part of Housing*) to see if they might help pay for a group of artists to create a mural. Meanwhile we have been gathering views from local residents from our Facebook Noticeboard and by a letter drop to all the homes opposite the wall. The results marginally favour a natural world mural, but retaining the real ivy which has been growing down the wall all year. The picture shows how it might look:
On Monday 10th March 1952 a length of the (old) long wall collapsed into the Upper Lewes Road. In the background you can see the gable of Sylvan Hall and some of the newly built flats.
Street Art - there’s a lot of it about
The Round Hill Reporter December 2021
Over two days in November a new piece of street art appeared on a wall on the Upper Lewes Road. On the second day I went over to talk to the artist. First, I should say I like this image, and I tend to think a piece of well executed art, pleasing to the eye, not too cartoony or brash, is better than tagging and does tend to delay the appearance of more tagging and scrawl. That’s why I have been active in supporting a new nature-themed mural on the long wall at the bottom of Wakefield Road.
Guy told me he lives in Patcham but that his children live nearby in Hartington Road and his family have a had a property near here for several decades, so this area is his stamping ground. He also told me that he had permission from the householder, but I was unable to confirm that.
This is his first portrait, taken from the internet, gridded and scaled up on site. He has a commissioned mural in St Paul’s St, just behind Bradley’s, fishes on the old Co-op in Caledonian Rd and a Buddha in Mary Magdalene St beside Orienthai. See more of Guy Favela on Instagram.
The Long Wall - Questions, Reservations, Concerns?
Whilst talking about street art you have an opportunity to tell the lead artists selected by the Council what you think about a nature inspired mural on the long wall. Ideally constructive comments – the wall belongs to the Council and they have given permission for the work, and paid for it. But ‘nature inspired’ is a broad field, and open to interpretation. Do you want kelp forest with seahorses, badgers, urban foxes, the pride of Sussex – the Rampion?
Send an email to thelongwall@hotmail.com and/or contact our community engagement officer at Hannah.barker@brighton- hove.gov.uk .
See The Long Wall - main article.
This page was last updated by Ted on 21-Apr-2026