This is another house in Sussex Square with connections to the Hervey family.
Lord Francis Hervey was the fourth and youngest son of the 2nd Marquess of Bristol. The barrister and Conservative politician lived in Brighton from 1909 and served as a member of the Council of Brighton College from 1910 until his death in 1931. He is buried at Ickworth House, the Hervey family home, in Suffolk.
In the 1890s the house had been home to Sir Henry Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet of Hutton. In the 1891 census Sir Henry lived in the house with his wife and six live-in servants.
The house has two bas reliefs
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Morning and Night after Bertel Thorvaldsen. These extremely well known roundels can be found in 10 and 17 Lewes Crescent, Morning is also present in 7 Chichester Terrace.
The book, Hidden Treasures; The Bas-Reliefs on the Kemp Town Estate by Vanessa Minns, published by KTS in 2023, illustrates and documents the provenance of all the 40 bas reliefs on the Estate and indicates where they can be found in other Houses in this country (Chatsworth, Osborne House). It can be purchased on Amazon.
