Littlehaven & Roffey

Acorns

Built by Charles Beamish, HMLR 23/01/1963 

Agate Lane, Havengate & Treadcroft Drive 1954-57

Built by Davis Estates. Named officially by the council on 28/10/1955. WSCT.

Amberley Close, Amberley Road, Greenfields Way, Greenfields Close & Rowlands Road. 1965-69.

Built by Federated Homes. HDC.

Aspen Way & Linden Close 1992-94

Designed by Residential Design Associates (Alcester). Built by Linden Homes. HMLR 01/02/1992. 

Ashurst Close, Broadwood Close, Coppice Road, Greenfields Road, Lockwood Close & Meadow Close. 1965-69

Built by Federated Homes. HDC.

Beech Road, Holly Close, Rowan Way, Rowan Close, Wood End, Sycamore Avenue, The Pines & The Larches.

Built by Wimpey Homes. HDC. Known as The Beeches Estate.

Beeding Close 1965-69

Built by Federated Homes.

Beedingwood Drive 1991-93

Designed and developed by Berkeley Homes. HDC.

Bostock Avenue 1925-27

Named after Dr Bostock a well-known Horsham figure, the site was developed to provide another estate to Horsham's growing local authority housing portfolio. Tenders were advertised in the local press for builders and contractors to complete this project. WSCT 28/02/1925. The contract was awarded to Murrell Bros and John Stanford (Warnham) who constructed the 26 houses which make up the bottom of today's estate. The project was originally refered to as the Crawley Road Housing Scheme. 

Bostock Avenue (top section), Maple Close & North Holmes Close

Charles Beamish Properties Ltd, HMLR 22/06/1970.

Bracken Grove 1993-95

Built by Rydon Homes for Hyde Housing Association. 

Bramber Close, Clovers End & Shepherds Way 1965-69

Built by Federated Homes. HDC

Brushwood Road, Conifers Close, Downsview Road, Spinney Road & Cherry Tree Walk 

Built by Sunley Estates Plc. Known as the Amberley Grange estate.

Earls Meadow
Designed by Archibald Shaw & Partners (Chichester). Bryant Homes, HMLR 17/10/1991.

Earlswood Close 1960s, 1986-88

Built in two sections. The first section was constructed for the Royal Earlswood Hospital workers in Redhill, hence the name. The second section was built by Constain Homes with the estate name of Earlswood Mews. WSCT 02/10/1987.

Elgar Way, Britten Close, Fenby Close, Walton Drive & Parry Close 1987-90

Built by Bryant Homes. HMLR 11/12/1987.

Farhalls Crescent, Morrell Avenue & Rough Way 1958-61

Built by Land & Estates Development Ltd. HMLR 21/04/1955.

Fitzalan & Howard Roads 1967-71

Designed by Jamieson & Greene (Architects) Haywards Heath. Built by Charles Beamish (Crawley). Originally called the Mill Farm Estate. WSRO.

Forest Mews 2004-05

Designed by Martlet Building Consultants (Faygate). Built by David Wilson Homes. HMLR 13/07/2004

Forest Oaks 1987-88

Built by Lesser Homes, HMLR 20/05/1987

Fountain Place 2016-18

Built on the site of The Fountain Inn. Designed by DPS Architectural Consultants, built by Whelan Homes (Biggin Hill) Ltd. HDC. 

Foxleigh Chase 1987-89

Lesser Homes Ltd. WSCT 18/08/1989.

Greenfields Road, Ashurst Close, Broadwood Close, Lockwood Close, Meadow Close, Coppice Road, Shepherds Way, Clover End & Bramber Close 1967-73

Built by Federated Homes. HDC. HMLR 01/05/1967.

Grace Court 2005-08

Designed by Barton Willmore, and built by Redrow Homes. HDC.

Hawkesbourne Road 1959-62 

Simply known as the Littlehaven LA estate this road was laid out in 1958 as part of a council scheme to increase the amount of local authority houses within the Roffey district. Hawkesbourne is a modern continuation of Littlehaven Lane and leads from Lambs Farm Road to Crawley Road. Tenders for 39 houses on the site was advertised in the West Sussex County Times during the summer of 1959. Hawkesbourne was the third addition to Roffey’s local authority housing estates.  

The name is an ancient one and was recorded in 1242 as “Alpesburne”, meaning Ealha’s stream or brook. Ealha is an Old English personal name most likely dating from Saxon times. Hawkesbourne Farm is on Rusper Road before you ascend the wooded slope towards Rusper. It could be an older name for Chennells Brook, as the watercourse runs close to the original farm. Hawksbourne as of 2023 has been adopted as the name of a new housing development in Mowbray built by Cala Homes.  

Honeysuckle Walk

Honeywood Road

Designed and built by Hellett & Jenkins (Architects) Newhaven. Named after Thomas Honeywood a local photographer who took some of the earliest snapshots of Horsham developing. 

Lamb Crescent & Laughton Road 1962-64

Built by Nurdin & Peacock. 

Lambs Farm Close 1965-69

Built by Federated Homes. HDC

Lancing Court

Little Hatch 1997-98

Designed by K. Potts, built by Hillreed Homes. HDC.

Lower Barn Close

Built by Charles Beamish Ltd. 

Lower Barn Close 2000-02 (extension)

Designed by Johnson & Partners Architects (Hemel Hempsted), built for Raglan Housing Association. HDC

Luxford Close

Designed by G.M. Crockett ARIBA (Shoreham).

Manor Fields (upper section) & Wallis Way

Built by Laing Homes Ltd. HMLR 18/02/1985.

Manor Fields (lower section), Shelleys Court, Belloc Court, Millais Court, Mill Farm Lane & Kipling Court. 1986-89

Built by Charles Church Ltd, HMLR 01/04/1986.

Milthorpe Road, Innes Road and Oakleigh Road 1928-30

Roffey's third local authority and largest housing estate was built on a former brick field. Horsham Urban District Council advertised tenders for building 96 new houses on 6th January 1928. Unlike the first and second estates, there were two contracts. The first was to build 72 cottages and the second for 24 houses. WSCT 21/01/1928. This contract as stated in the papers was a large one and in the end, both tenders were won by Messrs Newman & Co. from Cardiff. At £29,368 for the 72 houses and £7,656 for the other 24. WSCT 03/03/1928. The housing committee was assured that the scheme would only take 18 months, it was recorded that 40 laborers were employed on the site. This was the first contract which was given to a firm out of county and might have caused friction between the council and local developers. The roads were officially named in August 1928 by Horsham UDC. WSCT 01/08/1928.

Moorhead Road 1991-93

Designed by Derek Gillingwater Architects for Wealden Housing Association. 

Naldrett Close

Built by Croudace Homes. HMLR 01/12/1975

Northdown Close

Built by Pace Homes. HMLR 25/04/1974

Pinetops 1998-2000

Built by Bryant Homes. HDC.

Oak Tree Way 1991-93

Designed by Woods Hardwick Architects & Development Consultants. Built by Matthew Homes. HDC. 

Reeves Court, Littlehaven Lane 2012-14

Designed by Richard Pike Associates in partnership with Chartered Architects. Developed by Bailey LLP. 

Ringley Oak 1957-59

Built by London Road Properties of Burgess Hill. HMLR.

Ringley Road 1957-59

Built on the land occupied by Parsonage Farm, Ringley Road was developed with bungalows like those in nearby Agate Lane estate. The name of Ringley comes from a house which was built on the western corner of the Rusper Road and Crawley Road. Ringley Oak was built during the early 1900s. The orchard attached to the property was built upon by London Road Properties of Burgess Hill. Ringley Road was officially named in WSCT 15th April 1955. The house sadly was demolished in favour of flats in 1965.

Ringley Road extension 2014-16

Designed by ECE Architecture (Worthing), built by Hillreed Homes, taken over by Persimmon half way through the development. HDC

Robinswood Court 1987-89

Built as a Retirement development constructed by Tilbury Homes. WSCT 21/04/1989.

Roffye Court 1994-95

Designed by the Graham Whitehouse Practice, built by Palestra Property Co. HDC.

Roffey Park

Rutherford Way 2012-14

Designed by MH Architects (Chichester). Built by Shanly Homes. HDC.

Searles View 1977-79

Built by McLean Homes. HDC. 

Star Close 1998-2000

Built for Southern Housing Ltd, designed by Miller Bourne Partnership (Architects).

Spooners Road, Lime Avenue, and Leith View Road 1926-28

Named after the farm that once occupied the site, this estate was Roffey's second to be constructed for social housing. The contract was put out to tender for 69 semi-detached houses. This was won by local builder George Potter who tendered £32,662 (£1,341,065.79) for the project. 

Southdown Close 1966-69

Built by Federated Homes. 

The Hollies 2010-12

Built on the site of a former Snooker Club. Designed by Steven Head, Architect. Built by Shanly Homes (Leatherhead). 

The Oaks 2008-10

Built by Churchlands Ltd. HDC.

Treadcroft Drive (extension) 1998-2001

Bungalows built by Amey Homes. Houses built by Try Homes, Great Bookham. HDC.

Whitehorse Road, Buttermere Close, Derwent Close, Oaks Close, Lansdown Close & Glendale Close 

Built by Wates Homes. HDC. Inspired by the Lake district place names.

Willow Road, Cottage Close, Allingham Gardens, Highbirch Close, Holming End, Reynard Close, Coniston Close, Field End & Grasmere Gardens. 

Built by Wates Homes. HDC. Inspired by the Lake district place names. 

Woodlands Close 1973-75

Designed by Hellett & Jenkins, built by Louwood Homes. WSRO.

Woodlands Road, Butlers Road & Wellwood Close 1964-68

Designed & developed by Hellett & Jenkins. Butlers Road was built by Brightelms Ltd, according to plans from March 1966. WSRO.