A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

The Green Huts - a brief history

In a 1919 a small ad in the Sussex Express listed a former WW1 tin tabernacle chapel with approximately 1000 chairs for auction. The chapel had formed part of a training camp situated in a Seaford field for new recruits, including notably young volunteers arriving after a long journey from the Caribbean to form the British West Indian Regiment.

Sold and dismantled it made its way to Lewes, becoming part of the cattle market and then weekly auction rooms for Julian Dawson and Gorringes, until 2016 when the land was sold for development. The huts were emptied - though not quite of everything - and the doors closed.

In March 2024 the doors of the derelict buildings were re-opened for a final chapter; Here are some first impressions on entering……..

In the months that followed, photographers, painters, a film maker and sound artist all visited to record impressions of this unique site.

One project that emerged, A Place for Everything re- imagined the participatory archaeology of Mark Dion’s Thames Dig by responding to the site’s live and layered ‘archaeological’ qualities, creating opportunities for young and old to join together in a hands on exploration of the huts, their contents and surrounding site.

click on the link below to find out more about A Place for Everything, as well as other projects and events that took place during the year.