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Bexhill: De la Warr Pavilion The De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill, East Sussex, Eng.; designed by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, 1935.

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Bexhill, town, Rother district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, southeastern England. It lies on the English Channel, just west of Hastings.

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The coastal resort dates from the 1880s, but the old village inland on the cliff top is built around its ancient parish church. A central feature of the resort area is the De la Warr Pavilion, built in the mid-1930s by Bauhaus architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff. There is an annual music festival. Pop. (2001) 39,451; (2011) 42,369.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.