Round Hill Road
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See also the Round Hill Road section on pages 58-59 of the proposed update for Round Hill's conservation character statement:
1884 Round Hill Road and Round Hill Street were first listed.
Facing terraces of two storey late 19th century houses and a small number of commercial properties. Mostly rendered and painted.
Of note is the crossover in Round Hill Road which is made from limestone and red brick, and the three examples of the cast iron street lights which match others within the area. Less attractive are the many overhead wires which seem to drape themselves across every view along the street.
Up until 1983, Round Hill Road at its lowest end looked out onto St Saviour's Church, which was then demolished and replaced by the current flats.
Streetscape
Round Hill Road, Brighton: Type 1 column.
2-16 (even) Round Hill Road (south side)
No. 2 was originally a workshop built by Fellingham in 1880. The 1891 census shows John Fellingham (builder) living at No. 2.
Nos . 4-16 were seven houses also built by Fellingham in 1880
Occupations in this terrace shown in the 1891 census include a dentist’s assistant, three plasterers, a railway carriage examiner, a sign writer, a bread baker, a pullman car conductor and a bricklayer.
When the houses were built
The even numbered houses on the south side of the street were built by John Fellingham who is shown in the 1891 census as living at no. 2.
1880 2 Round Hill Road.
1880 4-16 Round Hill Road.
The 1891 census shows John Cutress, miller & baker, to be the occupant of the house and shop on the north side of the street.
1880 1 Round Hill Road (1 house and 1 shop).
See image of house and shop from the James Gray collection.
23A Belton Road: on the corner of Round Hill Road and Belton Road where the yard to Cutress’s bakery used to be, an industrial building was constructed in the early 20th century. It was first listed under “Belton Road” as a Yeast Merchant’s in Pike’s 1927 Street Directory.
Round Hill history texts
Ashdown Road | Belton Road | Crescent Road | D'Aubigny Road | Ditchling Road | Lennox Passage (The Cats Creep) | Mayo Road | Princes Crescent | Princes Road | Richmond Road | Round Hill Crescent | Round Hill Road | Round Hill Street | Wakefield Road