Richmond Road Quiz

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Questions

1. What decade did most of Richmond Road get built in?

2. On the north-west side, there is a rare wall letter-box bearing the royal cipher “E VIIR”. Which king does that refer to?

3. The cast-iron street lamp columns on Richmond Road were originally made for what type of lighting in the 1880s?

4. Which foundry made the original lamp columns for Richmond Road?

5. The “swan necks” added to the lamp columns in the 1930s were made by which company?

6. The six pairs of semi-detached villas on the west side at Nos 5–23 date from which decade?

7. These villas were allegedly built to house officers of which barracks?

8. The land for those villas was purchased in 1856 by two men: The Honourable Robert Bourke and who?

9. Nos 29 & 31 became part of which laundry business?

10. What happened to No 31 after World War II?

11. On the south-east side of the road, some gardens were formerly used by laundries for what purpose?

12. House No 10 was built in 1884 and was used as what kind of business in the early 1890s?

13. The separate freehold attached to No 10 extended to what steep flight of steps between Richmond/Wakefield Roads and Roundhill Crescent?

14. Houses Nos 2–8 (even) were built by which builder(s) in 1897?

15. What former road was replaced by the Cats Creep steps adjacent to Richmond Road?

16. The junction of Mayo Road and Richmond Road was once the site of which pub (designed 1887)?

17. At the south end of Richmond Road there were coal wharfs belonging to multiple companies. Name one of them.

18. House No 128 opposite the former Lewes Road Station had been which kind of shop in the 1930s?

19. The industrial site currently called Richmond House was constructed around what year and initially used for what purpose?

20. Many of the houses between the Wakefield Road junction and Ashdown Road have what unusual basement/ground-level feature due to the slope of the land?

Answers

1. Most of Richmond Road was built in the 1880s.

2. The cipher “E VIIR” refers to King Edward VII.

3. The original lamp columns were made for gas lighting.

4. They were made by a Brighton Foundry in the 1880s.

5. The swan necks, were cast by J Every of Lewes in the 1930s. They were powered by BLEECO, the Brighton, Lancing and Eastbourne Electricity Company.

6. The villas at Nos. 5–23 date from the 1860s.

7. They were said to house officers from Preston Barracks.

8. The land was purchased by The Honourable Robert Bourke and Newnham Winstanley.

9. Nos. 29 and 31 became part of the Mayo Road Laundry.

10. No. 31 was demolished after World War II.

11. The gardens were used for drying laundry on large lines.

12. No. 10 operated as a laundry business in the early 1890s.

13. The freehold extended to the Cats Creep steps between Richmond/Wakefield Roads and Roundhill Crescent.

14. Nos. 2–8 (even) were built by Burstow and Burstow in 1897.

15. The Cats Creep replaced the former Lennox Road.

16. The pub was the Victoria Inn, designed in 1887.

17. Coal wharfs included coal merchants Benfield’s, Lodder and Son’s, Pritchett’s, Rickett Smith & Co., Correll and Co. and Northern Coal Company

18. No. 128 was a newsagent / tobacconist shop in the 1930s.

19. Richmond House was built in or around 1957 and was initially used for light industry.

20. Many houses have exposed basement entrances at pavement level due to the slope of the land.

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This page was last updated by Ted on 09-Nov-2025