Daubigny Road Quiz

Read the article on D'Aubigny Road. Then do the following quiz.

1. What was listed at D’Aubigny Road in the 1871 census before houses were built?

2. In what year did the road directories first list buildings on D’Aubigny Road?

3. Which house number did James Towner build for himself?

4. In what year was house No 17 D’Aubigny Road built by Towner & Denman?

5. What gap in numbering is noted in D’Aubigny Road (i.e., which number was never used)?

6. Which branch railway line is referenced in the D’Aubigny Road history page?

7. In what year were houses Nos 8, 10 & 12 built on D’Aubigny Road?

8. Which house number was built in 1895 for the station‑master of the Lewes Road Station?

9. The name D’Aubigny is derived from a French title connected to which noble family?

10. Which two builders are linked with the early phase of building on D’Aubigny Road (1878)?

11. In the 1871 census there is mention of a “Viaduct House” on D’Aubigny Road. Who was the head of that household and what was his occupation?

12. What item of infrastructure opened on 2 August 1869, relevant to D’Aubigny Road’s area?

13. The article states that most of the houses date from around which year?

14. What feature of D’Aubigny Road is said to contribute to a “long public view out of the Conservation Area”?

15. What number(s) of house(s) does the building chronology list for 1879 on D’Aubigny Road?

16. The road forms part of which larger estate development (name of estate)?

17. What kind of view does the gap at the south‑end of D’Aubigny Road permit, according to the article?

1. A lodging house called Viaduct House, run by James Fuller and his wife Caroline.

2. 1878, when the first houses were constructed.

3. House No. 1.

4. Built by Towner & Denman in 1878.

5. No. 2 was never built so the end house is No. 4.

6. Kemp Town branch line of the Brighton and South Coast Railway.

7. Houses Nos 8, 10 & 12 were built in 1894.

8. The Lewes Road Station stationmaster's house was No. 14.

9. The Dukedom of D’Aubigny, associated with the 5th Duke of Richmond, Charles Gordon Lennox.

10. Towner and Denman, early builders on the west side in 1878.

11. James Fuller, gardener, and head of Viaduct House in 1871 census.

12. Kemp Town branch line opened on 2 August 1869.

13. Most houses date from circa 1878.

14. The gap between 4 D'Aubigny Road and the rear of 101 Round Hill Crescent.

15. Houses built in 1879 include No. 3 D’Aubigny Road and one unspecified house.

16. Part of the Round Hill Estate development.

17. The south-end gap permits long views to the Downs at the top of Race Hill.

This page was last updated by Ted on 10-Nov-2025