00:00 I've just picked up a copy of the Durrington and Salvington Trail from the Durrington Library
00:06 and I'm starting it at the John Sill and as suggested and we're going to see where it takes us.
00:12 Worn Up Tree Cottage is the Grade II listed building dated 1762.
00:18 This property used to be the Half Moon Inn. It was later converted into a laundry with adjacent tea rooms.
00:26 And the little green here at the front used to be Salvington Pond.
00:31 This house dates from the late 18th century and has a mansarded or hipped roof, a style of building abandoned in the 19th century.
00:42 Old Sussex House dates back to the 17th century.
00:54 This was originally a farmhouse and it did retain agricultural use right until the 1960s.
01:01 Durrington Library was opened in 1938 and it was remodelled with a glass roof in 1968 and it looks like it's currently having a bit more work done on it.
01:19 The Park View, as it's known today, is still often known by people as The Lamb and apparently it was named after its first landlord, a retired chaplain.
01:30 Rose Cottage in the Old Fort was with the Overington family for over 250 years.
01:42 St. St. Thorian's is an English Heritage Grade II listed parish church which was consecrated in 1916, although only fully completed in 1941.
01:55 The Manor House on the left and the Dow House on the right used to be part of the same property and they were owned by the Lords of the Manor of Durrington.
02:05 Swandeen Hospital was originally built in the 1860s for the Dullbake family.
02:13 They sold the house in 1896 and it was converted into an isolation hospital following a severe outbreak of typhoid fever in the town.
02:22 It's not there anymore but Pond Lane is named after a pond that was drained by the council in 1985.
02:34 Durrington Farmhouse dates from the 18th century and was once home to the MP Betty Anderson.
02:42 This is the final stop, St Mary's Farmhouse, which was saved from demolition by the pressure of local residents who did not want to see it gone.
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