Park Gate
Park Gate is an attractive, low-density housing development in Somerhill Road, Hove. It consists of 47 two- and three-bedroom flats and a single studio flat, which stand in well-maintained, landscaped grounds next to St Ann’s Well Gardens.
The managing agents are:
Ellmans
43 Church Road, Hove, BN3 2BE
pm@ellmans.co.uk
01273 737 241
A SPAN development
Park Gate was designed by the architect Eric Lyons as part of his development company known as SPAN: so-called because it was intended to ‘span’ the gap between high-end architect-designed developments and post-war mass housing.
The vision of SPAN was to create communities in well-designed buildings around high quality communal gardens. Most SPAN developments are in London and Kent, but there are a few further from the capital, in places such as Cambridge and here at Park Gate in Hove. Some of these developments are so successful that there are waiting lists to purchase the houses and flats.
Park Gate was designed in the late 1950s and completed in 1960, making it one of the earliest SPAN projects. Set around an internal courtyard, it consists of two L-shaped blocks, each of four storeys, accessed by lifts and stairs.
The Park Gate buildings retain many of their original details and features. Refurbishment work over the past two decades – which has included the complete replacement of the roof – has been designed to keep and enhance these. This makes Park Gate a more desirable place to live.
