Grand Ocean, Saltdean

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Grand Ocean, Saltdean
General information
Location Saltdean, United Kingdom
Coordinates 50°48′08″N0°02′09″W / 50.802266°N 0.035769°W / 50.802266; -0.035769
Opening1938

Grand Ocean is a restored 1938 hotel building [1] [2] [3] [4] in Saltdean, Brighton, on the south coast of England.

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History

Grand Ocean was designed by architect RWH Jones [2] [3] [4] with the classic moderne styling of the age, it opened as a luxury hotel in 1938. [5]

During the Second World War the building was taken over by the fire service and used as a fire service college. [6] [7] It was then bought by Billy Butlin in 1953 and became a Butlin's Holiday camp. [7] In 2005 a theatrical production, Dirty Wonderland, was staged in the former hotel. [8]

Shortly thereafter the main hotel building was redeveloped into luxury apartments. [9] [10]

Architecture

Notable features include the internal staircase and foyer. [11] It is included as the starting point of a local tour of Brighton architecture. [2] [3] along with Brighton Pavilion, Brighton Pier and the Regency Brunswick Town.

References

  1. ↑ Sussex: East Edition of the Buildings of England Publisher: Yale University Press (14 May 2013) ISBN   0300184735
  2. 1 2 3 Connell, Ward and Lucas: Modern Movement Architects in England 1929-1939 Authors Dennis Sharp, Sally Rendel Publisher Frances Lincoln ltd, 2008 ISBN   9780711227682
  3. 1 2 3 Fred Gray (2006). Designing the Seaside: Architecture, Society And Nature. Reaktion Books. p. 302. ISBN   978-1-86189-274-4 . Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  4. 1 2 Thom Gorst (6 December 2012). The Buildings Around Us. Taylor & Francis. p. 82. ISBN   978-1-135-82328-3 . Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. ↑ Allan Brodie; Gary Winter (2007). England's Seaside Resorts. English Heritage. p. 88. ISBN   978-1-905624-65-2.
  6. ↑ Training and Education in the Fire Services: Proceedings of a Symposium Conducted by [the] Committee on Fire Research, Division of Engineering, National Research Council Contributor National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Fire Research Publisher National Academies, 1970
  7. 1 2 "The Grand Ocean Hotel at Saltdean enters a new phase". By Jan Melrose, BBC Sussex, 10 February 2010
  8. ↑ "Dirty Wonderland", The Guardian Elisabeth Mahoney, 21 May 2005
  9. ↑ "Home suite home: Old seaside hotels are being turned into luxury flats ". The Independent, 4 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "New Art Deco flats at the Grand Ocean Hotel in Saltdean, East Sussex". The Times, Damian Barr, May 2, 2008
  11. ↑ ITV Meridian News 28 6 13 "Brighton's architectural gems"
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