Storrington history

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57 History

Candia (Sussexdown) The museum has recently had an excellent selection of photographs donated with information about ‘Candia’. Candia was built by Peter Gellatly in 1925 on land he purchased from Mr Hecks, and later became known as Sussexdown.

We would like to find out why on an ordinance survey map from 1937 it is named Kenburk! It was recorded in a 1939/40 Blue Book as (Candia) Duxbury, F, this was during WW2 when Canadian soldiers were billeted there. It was sold to a John Wolstenholme in 1946 and he renamed it Sussexdown.

After the death of Mr Wolstenholme it was sold in 1964 to RAFA and they kept the name Sussexdown. In this photograph you can see the first extensions to convert it to a dual-purpose care home. Note the sweeping tree lined driveway.

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