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DESCRIPTION: No.22 Sussex Square , now part of St. Mary's Hall girls' school. THOMAS READ KEMP (1782­1844) lived here from 1828 until 1837 when pressure from his creditors forced him to seek refuge on the continent. Sometime Member of Parliament, founder too of a religous sect, he is now chiefly remembered as the property speculator behind Kemp Town. Look around and see what he achieved! The house now sports a blue ceramic plaque which replaces an earlier frost ­ damaged one. This was the first to be unveiled by the Regency Society, in 1952.

CREDITS: Duncan McNeill