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Victorian hydrant restored in Eastbourne after being ‘put in a skip’

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A Victorian cast-iron water hydrant installed in Eastbourne town centre during the horse-drawn transport era to fill water carts has been restored to its former glory – after being accidentally removed by workmen. Historian Frank Woods discovered that one of the last remaining Victorian water-posts in Gildredge Road had been inadvertently ripped out by contractors […]

TICKETS NOW SOLD OUT FOR SUSSEX HERITAGE TRUST BIENNIAL DINNER

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Wednesday 16th October 2019 at Firle Place, Firle Sponsored by Adams and Remers LLP Lord and Lady Gage will welcome the Sussex Heritage Trust to their home, Firle Place for the 2019 Biennial Dinner.  Firle Place is an outstanding privately-owned country house in Sussex that dates form the time of Henry VIII. The dinner will […]

Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)

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Chairman, Dr John Godfrey attended the launch of the new Sussex: West volume in Pevsner’s Buildings of England series on 11th June at Arundel Castle.  The original edition was published in the 1960s and was quite a slim volume, covering both East and West Sussex. The new, revised Sussex: East volume came out in 2013 […]

Weald & Downland Museum – Annual Building Conservation Conference

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Building Conservation conference: Stone Tuesday 24 September 2019 2019 building conservation conference will focus on Stone in historic buildings: conservation, materiality and skills. There will be plenty of time for discussion, a chance to view various materials at the Museum during the break or after the end of the formal presentations, as well as networking […]