Wakefield Road Quiz

Read the article on Wakefield Road. Then do the following quiz.

Questions

1. In what year are the first properties on Wakefield Road recorded?

2. What feature along the west side of Wakefield Road is made of brick and flint?

3. A narrow stone staircase of six flights rises from Roundhill Crescent to Wakefield Road — what local name is given to it?

4. In the 1871 census, what was the occupation of the resident at No. 2 Wakefield Road?

5. On what date was the villa named “Bryn” at the corner of Wakefield Road and Upper Lewes Road built?

6. What was the later use of the house “Bryn” from the 1870s?

7. The development plan shows a radial street mirrored on the north side of Round Hill Crescent; name that radial street which was abandoned in favour of Wakefield Road.

8. The article states that part of the land adjacent to Wakefield Road was at one time an orchard. True or false?

9. The flint wall along the west side of Wakefield Road enclosed the former grounds of which lodge or villa?

10. In the “General Comments” section for Wakefield Road the page highlights “large mature trees behind and above the wall.” True or false?

11. What was George Constable's job?

12. What was the address of Fern Villa and when was it built?

13. What were Wakefield Villa's later names?

14. On the west side of Wakefield Road in the 1871 census, what occupation did Katherine Tournot hold?

15. Which estate name covers the area the article associates with Wakefield Road and the top of Ditchling Road?

16. According to the article, many residents of Wakefield Road and surrounding areas responded vigorously to a planning proposal in 2011 to build a detached house described as what?

17. When was the planning application (BH2011/03323) refused by the city council for the development near Wakefield Road?

18. The article mentions the former lodge to Wakefield House located on Wakefield Road — what is its name?

Answers

1. 1871.

2. The tall brick and flint (‘bungaroosh’) wall.

3. The “Cats Creep.”

4. A County Court Clerk

5. 1869.

6. By 1875, it was the Brighton Boys Brigade Home. By the 1880s, it was called the ‘Brighton Free Home for Destitute and Orphaned’.

7. Lennox Road (now The Cats Creep)

8. True.

9. Wakefield Lodge or Wakefield House grounds.

10. True.

11. He was a gardener.

12. It was 14 Wakefield Road, built circa 1879.

13. They were Woodfield Lodge and then 'The Rookery.

14. She was an annuit, living from private means.

15. The Round Hill Estate.

16. An earthship.

17. Planning application BH2011/03323 was refused in February 2012.

18. Wakefield Lodge.

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