Whitehouse Farm Development Master Plan: WGRA Position Statement March 2016

Please read the following document with care. This is your committee’s considered response to Chichester District Council’s planning department concerning the Master plan recently published by the Whitehouse Farm developers. It is published here to help you formulate your personal response, as only these count. You have until the 7th April 2016 to write in… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development Master Plan: WGRA Position Statement March 2016

The History of no. 3 Westgate

William Gardner map of Chichester 1769

For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, we are posting details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records… Continue reading The History of no. 3 Westgate

The History of 27-39 Westgate, aka Shippam’s

For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record… Continue reading The History of 27-39 Westgate, aka Shippam’s

The History of nos. 17 & 19 Westgate

For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record… Continue reading The History of nos. 17 & 19 Westgate

Hidden Westgate Histories: The Lost Properties of Westgate

Nos 2-10 Westgate

The quoted setions are extracts from The Building of Georgian Chichester by local historian Alan Green (Phillimore 2007), here reproduced with his permission. Westgate lost a lot of buildings in the sixties to make way for the ring road and the A286 roundabout at the eastern end of the street. There was some Georgian new build… Continue reading Hidden Westgate Histories: The Lost Properties of Westgate

The History of 22-24 Westgate

Nos. 24 (left) and 22 Westgate (Alan Green 2006)

For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record… Continue reading The History of 22-24 Westgate

The History of no. 44 Westgate

The rear of 44 Westgate (Alan Green)

For those of you interested in learning about individual properties on Westgate, last April we began to post details of the buildings at the conservation end of the Westgate which can be found from various sources. In these articles you can find a list of the properties protected by Historic England listing, details of the renumbering of the street as some records still record… Continue reading The History of no. 44 Westgate

Whitehouse Farm Development Traffic Proposals: WGRA Position Statement March 2016

    Please read these documents with care, they contain important information which is important for the well-being of all our residents. You can download your own copy of by using the link sat the bottom of each document. At it’s meeting on 16th March 2016, the Westgate Residents’ Committee drew up its carefully considered response to… Continue reading Whitehouse Farm Development Traffic Proposals: WGRA Position Statement March 2016

Westgate Planter and Public Space survey

Pimp my pavement - how to improve your urban tree

We are grateful to Brian Raincock of 4 Mount Lane for doing this survey of the state of our planters and public spaces along Westgate. The Committee is in negotiation with the City Council to take over the management of these spaces and Penny Tomlinson of 11 Westgate has agreed to take on the coordination… Continue reading Westgate Planter and Public Space survey

The Rebuilding of St Bartholomew’s Church, 1824-32

The rebuilt St Bartholomew's Church (WSRO)

Following the destruction of the “Round Church of St Bartholomew” by William Waller’s Parliamentarian troops in December 1642, the congregation were without a church for 190 years. Only the burial ground was left but the parish still existed, its vicar and churchwardens remaining in office and the tithes still being collected. Until 13 March 1824,… Continue reading The Rebuilding of St Bartholomew’s Church, 1824-32

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