Tower 59 was sited to defend Pevensey Haven Sluices and was subsequently used by the coastguard by 1841 and by 1851 was occupied by a commissioned boatman.
The 1873 report on coastal defences declared it as being safe from the sea, which it was, until being demolished in 1903 in order to clear land for building.
A letter in the Times newspaper of June 23, 1903, classed the destruction as 'a grossact of vandalism.' The man responsible for the demolition was J.T. Wenham, who demolished other towers to clear more land for building. The tower stood at the lower end of Eastbourne Avenue.
The tower was taken down by hand in large pieces of masonry, due to the incredible strength of the lime mortar, the rubble being used to construct some of the surrounding roads. A photograph of the demolition was published in the July 4 edition of 'Navy and Army' in 1903 (above).
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