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• Bishopstone Railway Station, Seaford
• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
• Embassy Court, Brighton
• Hoover Factory, Perivale
• Ocean Hotel, Saltdean, Brighton
• Saltdean Lido, Brighton
• Shoreham Airport, Brighton
Related links:
• The Cinema Theatre Association
• The Granada Cinema Hove Website
• The Marine Gate Flats, Brighton
• Mawgrim's Odeon Cavalcade
• The Twentieth Century Society
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The village of Saltdean, to the east of Brighton, was heavily developed in the 1930s, and advertised as "The Coming Resort". Along with the wide variety of period homes in the village, ranging from glitzy Hollywood moderne to faux-half timbered semi detached, stands several public and commercial buildings of great interest.
The Saltdean Lido is one of these. Designed by the architect Richard Jones, also reponsible for the Grand Ocean Hotel elsewhere in the village, it was designed in 1937, in the modern style, and opened the following year.
By July 1987, the Lido had received Listed status at grade two, but this is never a guarantee of preservation, and after all, similar Lidos in the vicinity, namely those at Black Rock (Brighton) and at Rottingdean had been demolished by then. However, a £2 million rescue package was arranged in 1997, by which time the Lido had closed, which led to re-opening in time for the summer season of 1998.
A front-on view of the Lido.
A closer view of the Pavilion.
Looking north-east.
Looking east over the outdoor pool-note the Ocean Hotel above the building.
From the west.
Looking north west.
The entrance to Saltdean Library, on the east of the building.