Goffs Tower, Goffs Park Road, Crawley

Today was a day off in lieu of the one we have to work at the beginning of the academic year in September when the girls are not in and we get ready for the new term. It can be taken at any time subject to requirements, so today was the day I was able to take off.

I began with a walk around the Nymans Woods which I have done before but not often in high summer. I then went into Crawley in the afternoon to visit the museum that is in Goffs Park House and only open on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons. Although it is small it does have plenty of interest. Among the most interesting items are a large collection of photographs that are of the various neighbourhoods shortly after completion. Some detail who the architect was and a number of the houses built for the New Towns Commission were pleasingly designed by a lady which at the time was probably quite unusual. While I was in Crawley I went off and took more pictures of the road nameplates.

This house stands on the corner of Goffs Park Road and Horsham Road. Built in 1905 it is built in a Tuscan Italianate style and features a Belvedere that looks like a Campanile. The house has been repainted a number of times and has been used as offices by a succession of companies for a long time. The current occupier certainly seems to be taking good care of this fine building which is an important part of the history of this busy Sussex town.