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Moulsecoomb (/ˈmoʊlzkuːm/) is a suburb of Brighton, part of the city of Brighton and Hove. The electoral ward is called Moulsecoomb and Bevendean. It is located on the northeastern side of Brighton, around the A270 Lewes Road, between the areas of Coldean and Bevendean and approximately 2¹⁄₄ miles (3.6 km) north of the seafront. The eastern edges of the built-up area adjoin Falmer Hill, on the South Downs. As the suburb is so large, and developed over an extended period, it is often divided into smaller sections on maps and similar: North Moulsecoomb, East Moulsecoomb and Moulsecoomb itself (also described as South Moulsecoomb).

The name is sometimes pronounced as if spelled Mools-coomb, though perhaps more often the first part is pronounced like the animal 'mole'. It derives from the Old English for Muls Valley: Mul was a Saxon nobleman.^{[citation needed]}

It suffers however from high social-deprivation and crime rates. Alongside neighbouring district Whitehawk, it can be considered socially-deprived, in 2001 being considered within the top 5% of socially deprived areas in England.

History and development[edit]

Before and during the First World War, the land around the Lewes Road was open downland, sloping towards the valley bottom through which the road and railway line ran. The land reached a height of 508 feet (155m) at Falmer Hill, approximately 0.9 miles (1½ km) east of the point where the railway crossed the road on a viaduct. In the valley bottom, some market gardens and small nurseries were maintained.

The South Moulsecoomb area was developed first: the Borough Council acquired land at the existing edge of the built-up area, close to the former Preston Barracks on the Lewes Road, in November 1920^[2] and constructed 478 semi-detached houses with large gardens and three bedrooms each.^[3] The 'Homes fit for Heroes' campaign, started after the War in response to the poor housing conditions faced by returning soldiers, helped to drive this, but the houses were generally too expensive for the families at whom they were aimed.^[3]

The Borough Council responded by acquiring more land, including some from the south end of the neighbouring Falmer parish, in 1922; housing areas began to be developed in this area from 1925 onwards. This was the original North Moulsecoomb area, which at this early stage consisted of four roads named after East Sussex villages (Barcombe, Chailey, Newick and Ringmer) situated between the Lewes Road – then an insubstantial, narrow route between the market gardens – and the railway line.^[3][4] By 1929, 390 houses – smaller and closer together than those of South Moulsecoomb – had been built on the 46-acre (190,000 m²) North Moulsecoomb site.^[3]

The South Moulsecoomb part of the estate was extended to the east in the early 1930s using land acquired from Lower Bevendean Farm. It is around this area that modern-day Moulsecoomb merges into the Lower Bevendean estate. After this, more land was acquired in December 1935 to extend development at the northern end to the eastern side of the railway. This area is now known as East Moulsecoomb. At first, housing spread northwards from the Higher Bevendean infill estate (an area of private housing developed at the same time as the South Moulsecoomb extension, immediately north of it), with Shortgate Road being the northern limit before the Second World War; after the War, the last few roads were developed, mostly with small blocks of flats.^[5]

The main purpose of such large-scale residential development was to rehouse residents who lived in slums in central Brighton; at that time, much of the residential accommodation in the inner-city area was of poor quality, and slum clearance would allow redevelopment to start as well as taking people out of inadequate, substandard and sometimes dangerous houses.

Moulsecoomb's road network, especially that built later in the East and North Moulsecoomb areas, generally follow the contours of the land rather than being in, for example, a grid pattern, and is characterised by large grass verges and a large land area for each house – many have both front and back gardens. While Moulsecoomb originally consisted exclusively of council housing, owned and operated by the council on behalf of the residents, the right to buy scheme, first implemented in the 1980s, has seen many houses pass into private ownership.

Today[edit]

The Moulsecoomb Campus of the University of Brighton is one of the university's three main sites. The 10-storey Cockcroft building dominates most views in the area. As well as teaching facilities, the majority of the university's administration departments are located here, along with some student halls of residence. Moulsecoomb Place, the oldest non-religious building in Brighton,^[6] is currently used by the accommodation and counselling services of the university. Before the university was founded in 1992, the various buildings were part of Brighton Polytechnic and before 1970 the Cockcroft Building was the main building of Brighton College of Technology.

Moulsecoomb is also the location of the Home Farm Business Park, where the United Kingdom subsidiary of United States arms manufacturer EDO Corporation is based. This factory has been the site of regular anti-war demonstrations since 2004.

Moulsecoomb Wild Park is a large downland valley which has been preserved in its undeveloped state. It lies immediately to the west of the railway line and the Lewes Road, and merges into the Hollingbury Camphill fort to the west and the edge of Coldean to the north. There are areas of chalk grassland and woodland and a nature trail.

Two girls from the estate, 10-year-old Karen Hadaway and nine-year-old Nicola Fellows, went missing on 9 October 1986 and were found murdered in nearby Wild Park the following day. This case, which attracted national media attention, became known as the 'Babes in the wood' murders. Local man Russell Bishop was arrested soon afterwards but cleared of the murders of the two girls at his trial in December 1987. Bishop was jailed for life in December 1990 for the abduction, indecent assault and attempted murder of a seven-year-old girl in Whitehawk. However, the abolition of the double jeopardy law in 2005 enabled a suspect to be re-tried in the event of new evidence coming to light, and in December 2018 Bishop was found guilty of the two murders at his second trial and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The 'Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day' has been held in the park on the third Saturday in May every year since 1978.^[7]

Moulsecoomb Primary School have built a chalk house],^[8] the first one built in Britain for 5,000 years to complement their Saxon, Mesolithic and Iron Age Roundhouse.

The Bevendean Pub (The Bevy) in Moulsecoomb opened in December 2014 and became the first co-op pub on a housing estate in the UK.

Moulsecoomb is home to St Andrew's Church,^[9] opened in 1934 to be the Church of England presence on the estate.

Transport[edit]

Moulsecoomb railway station is on the East Coastway Line. Direct destinations include central Brighton and another major campus of Brighton University at Falmer. The main access road runs uphill from the Lewes Road alongside the Cockcroft Building.

East Moulsecoomb is the eastern terminus for Brighton & Hove Bus Company route 49, which runs from Portslade station via the city centre. This is one of the five METRO-branded routes. At peak times buses run every 10 minutes. The terminus of the route is the junction of Moulsecoomb Way and Bolney Road (the photograph in the first paragraph was taken from a bus at this stop). Many other bus routes serve various stops on the Lewes Road – notably route 25, another METRO route, which runs to the Falmer Campus of the University of Brighton.

References[edit]

1. ^'Brighton and Hove Ward population 2011'. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
2. ^Winter, Sheila (1998): Moulsecoomb Memories, page 4. QueenSpark Books, Brighton. ISBN0-904733-60-2
3. ^ ^abcdWinter, page 4.
4. ^Winter, page 8.
5. ^Winter, pages 4–5.
6. ^'My Brighton and Hove – Moulsecoomb: a potted history'.
7. ^'Brighton & Hove City Council: annual outdoor events'.
8. ^Neolithic-style
9. ^'The Parish of Moulsecoomb'. The Parish of Moulsecoomb. Retrieved 7 February 2016.

Coordinates: 50°50′49″N0°06′33″W / 50.84694°N 0.10917°W

Getting started

According to The Empty Homes Agency, there are an estimated 870,000 empty homes in the UK and enough empty commercial property to create 420,000 new homes. First consider these key points before you decide to invest in an empty property:

• Make sure you are allowed to do what you want to the property. It's all very well having imaginative plans to redesign the property into the house of your dreams but if there are legal restrictions, or if it's a listed property, you may not be allowed to.
• Work out a proper budget before you start. Rescuing a house doesn't have to be expensive, but if you run out of money half way through you'll be skint and homeless. Build £200 into your project to spend on a treat for yourself at the end. It'll help keep you focussed on sticking to the budget.
• Build the right team of people to help you. Choose architects, builders and conveyancers who you can work with and will help you, not fleece you.
• Choose the right building materials for the job. There's a range of alternatives for every eventuality. Some choices are good for your pocket, some are good for the environment and some are just less hassle for your builder.
• Don't bank on a grant, but do see what's available. Rescuing an empty property meets the objectives of lots of organisations some of them may be prepared to subsidize your costs.

How to find an empty property

Keep your eyes peeled. About one in 20 homes in the country is empty. Once you start looking, you'll see them everywhere. Try the following options to get your search off the ground.

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• Local council - Your local council will probably have a list of all the empty properties in their area. Some councils will be happy to let you see the information, but beware that others may not be so open. If they won't disclose the information you could make a written request - you've got a legal right to request it.
• Estate agents - Their shop windows don't want to be cluttered with pictures of wrecks, but that doesn't mean to say that they haven't got some houses in need of rescuing in the back of the filing cabinet. So, make sure you ask to see what's available.
• Online auctions - Auction catalogues are a good place to find empty properties that are for sale. On the web look out for specialist websites that specialise in empty properties.
• Land for sale - More often than not building land for sale has already got a house on it that the seller is inviting you to buy to demolish. Often the house is beyond saving but sometimes it's salvageable.

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Finding out who owns the property

Once you've found an empty property, how do you know who owns it? It may be as simple as asking the people who live near by. If you explain to them why you want to know, they will probably be happy to tell you.

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Many properties are registered at the Land Registry. For a small fee you can look at the register and see who the owner is. The HM Land Registry website for England and Wales is: www.landregisteronline.gov.uk, the Registers of Scotland Executive Agency is: www.ros.gov.uk and the Land Registry of Northern Ireland is: www.lrni.gov.uk.

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Most local authorities have a register of empty properties and know who the owner is. Local authorities have different policies on disclosing this information. If your local authority won't tell you, you could put the request in writing citing the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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