Marching Off To School
Richard Bingham continues the “Shoreham Unlisted” series by looking at the architecture of one of Shoreham’s Victorian schools. This striking block of flats stands opposite the Co-op in Ham Road. The building dates back to 1875. For the most part, it is a sympathetic conversion. The east and west ranges are much as they...
Shoreham’s Very Own Flight Simulator
In the latest of his “Shoreham Unlisted” series, Richard Bingham stumbles across an important surviving relic of World War Two. It looks like the business end of a sink plunger. Or the green dome of an alien spaceship, crash landed between the car park at Monks Farm country park and the busy A27. In fact, …...
Devolution – the Options for Adur
The Shoreham Society convened the first public meeting in Shoreham on the devolution proposals for Sussex. In Sussex, the political landscape is about to change. Next year, Sussex will elect its first Mayor, with devolved powers over key policy areas such as transport, health and housing. The following year will see the gradual...
The Regeneration Game
Richard Bingham takes a look at three very different buildings all of which aim to contribute to the economic development of Shoreham. We live in something of a dormitory town. One third of employed residents leave Adur district each morning to go to work elsewhere. Brighton, Worthing, London – everyone is on the move. Or …...
In Praise of Shoreham Library
Richard Bingham continues his Shoreham Unlisted series on the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture with a trip to the library. The word today is “orthogonal”. Not one to try on Wordle. (Although there are a lot of O’s, so it might not be too bad). Orthogonal means made up of right angles, and that’s …...
Pebbles On The Beach
Richard Bingham continues his Shoreham Unlisted series on the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture by looking at a stylish family house on Shoreham Beach. In many of the houses along the foreshore, the accommodation is upside down. Residents live upstairs, sleep downstairs. That’s certainly the case at 18 Old Fort Road, an...
Change for the Phone?
In the latest article in the “Shoreham Unlisted” series, Richard Bingham phones it in. It’s a sorry state. Three of the glazing panels at the bottom have been smashed. There is rubbish on the floor. And that’s a shame. Because the red phone box outside the Post Office on Brunswick Road is an example of …...
Oh, Mr Tingley!
In the latest article in “Shoreham Unlisted”, his series of articles on the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture, Richard Bingham takes a look inside a well-known Victorian terrace. In the twentieth century, it became known as product differentiation. To catch the fickle eye of the consumer, companies would offer up...
Cecil Norris House
Richard Bingham continues “Shoreham Unlisted”, his series of articles on the unsung heroes of Shoreham architecture, by taking a close look at Cecil Norris House. After Three Decades, Our Council Builds Again Readers may well know it as “the speckled house”. On its elevation along Ravens Road, Cecil Norris House is decorated with...
Ropetackle – A Second Look
Richard Bingham continues “Unlisted”, his monthly series of articles looking at the unsung heroes of Shoreham’s architecture. Here he takes a deep dive into Ropetackle. For some people in Shoreham, this is where it all went wrong. This is where the gentrification began. Where greedy developers began to eye up a quiet coastal town,...
