Stories we have heard over the years include that when Charmandean House was demolished, parts of the mansion were taken for people to re-use on their own houses, such as doors, windows and other features. 

We have heard that the main front door was relocated and put in a house in Littlehampton Road (but can`t confirm this) however we do know the balcony columns on a house in Broadwater originated from Charmandean.

'Loxwood, originally called Rectory Cottage, this Regency-style pale-brick house...
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A First Avenue resident who has been there for over 30 years wrote to us with: Whilst digging a deep hole in my rosebud this week I came across a packed flint roadlike surface. Further test pits showed that it appeared to run from south to north and was at least six feet wide. I then spoke to [a neighbour] who showed me two clear parallel marks of her lawn which lined up with my "road.". The neighbour believes that the road was the original West entrance to Charmandean House. We have photos o...

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An ex-Fourth Avenue resident writes 'Hi I was very interested to find your site. I grew up in Fourth Avenue during the 1950s and 60s, and remember the old house well. I spent many happy hours with my friends playing in the grounds and exploring the house'

It must have been a fantastic exploration and playground for the younger Charmandean residents in those days!

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A previous Charmandean resident has written to us with 'I moved to Third Avenue (in those days the houses only had names and not numbers) during the war (in 1944) when my father became headmaster of a local school. I spent my whole childhood from the age of two, growing up in Charmandean only leaving when I went to University in 1961. My playground was the woods and waste ground in Third and Fourth Avenues, and later the chalk pit still full of tank traps from the beaches and the grounds of t...

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It is with sadness we were advised by many residents that the gateposts to the old Charmandean House have been demolished; as you can imagine this has caused a lot of upset and Charmandean Lane will never be the same again.

The Gateposts were one of the only remaining standing parts of the Charmandean House Estate. There were in fact the 2 main gateposts, and a smaller, carved stone post which formed part of the iron railings surrounding the East Entrance has also been demolished.

The Original ...
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