While driving down the A27 you may not expect to be wowed by amazing architecture, but take a trip off the M23 towards Shoreham and there is not one but two buildings that will tempt your eyes off the road. The first, perched atop a distant hill is Lancing college chapel, which, with its dreamy gothic style spires is more Hogwarts than Hogwarts itself. It’s actually gothic reproduction, built in 1868 in a 14th century stylee with 13th century French influences (so says Wikipedia) but who cares when it looks this pretty? Then BOOM! Hunched right next to the road theres this bad boy – the abandoned remains of Shoreham cement works, which closed in 1991. This image does nothing convey it’s vast scale, nor does it translate how blood chillingly terrifying it looks in the flesh, but by golly, you wouldn’t want to find yourself there after dark. Anyhow, two very different but none the less incredible buildings that made me stop and stare. Which is your favourite? Claudia xx
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January 25, 2012 at 9:13 pm
Kia Sunda (@kiadesigns)
The cement factory remind me of this one, but much much scarier! http://www.kiadesigns.co.uk/blog/trick-or-treat-would-you-dare-1915.html
Imagine thought it could look like this on the inside…
http://www.kiadesigns.co.uk/blog/cement-factory-conversion-2021.html
Could be beautiful – there is always potential!
January 26, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Simon Comber
It’s got to be the cement works! But they are amazing buildings in their own right thats for sure.
Then from the sublime and ridiculous to the outright amazing AMEX Community Stadium which is a little further East along the A27…The new Brighton football ground has caused so much local histeria, for all the wrong reasons, is a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ snapshot as it sits hidden between the hills. It’s not the monstrosity that people feared. It’s sympathetic and respectful, modern and brash all at the same time…I think.