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Observations on the Buckle: the Badge of the Family of Pelham, and its application to various Ecclesiastical Buildings in Sussex; and on the Badge of the Family of De la Warr, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1850 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 3, article, pp.211-231) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2088] & The Keep [LIB/500222] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The De-La-Warrs and Wests, by Mark Antony Lower, published 1865 in The Worthies of Sussex (p.323) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 3208][Lib 3233][Lib 3304] & The Keep [LIB/503515][LIB/504913]

The Manor of Chollington in Eastbourne, with notes on the families of La Warre, De Fokington and De Diva, by Rev. W. Budgen, M.A., published 1921 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 62, article, pp.111-132) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2147] & The Keep [LIB/500280] & S.A.S. library   View Online

Sussex and the U.S.A. 7 - Sussex and Lord De La Warr, First Governor of Virginia, by David McLean, published 1930 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. IV no. 9, article, pp.791-795; no. 10, pp.839-842) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2308][Lib 2309] & The Keep [LIB/500173]

The La Warr Family and Halnaker House, by Walter H. Godfrey, published 1941 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 82, article, pp.59-64) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2167] & The Keep [LIB/500347] & S.A.S. library

The De La Warr Family, by F. B. Stevens, published May 1968 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XVII no. 1, note, pp.26-28) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8235] & The Keep [LIB/500219] & S.A.S. library

Maker of Bexhill-on-Sea: the 8th Earl De La Warr, by Aylwin Guilmant, published September 1982 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 4 no. 2, article, pp.45-51) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8893] & The Keep [LIB/501190] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.

Earl De La Warr and the Competition for the Bexhill Pavilion, 1933-34, by Russell Stevens and Peter Willis, published January 1990 in Architectural History the journal the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (vol. 33, article, pp.135-166)   View Online

Among the distinguishing architectural features of the red-brick seaside town of Bexhill, East Sussex, is the startling white form of the De La Warr Pavilion. It is a building of some significance, partly because it represents the aspirations of British proponents of modern architecture in the 1930s in its appearance, its use of advanced constructional techniques (it was one of the first all-welded steel framed buildings in Britain) and its social function as an entertainment centre which aimed to provide amusement and simultaneously improve people's mental and physical fitness. The architects of the Pavilion, Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, had formed their partnership in 1933 when Mendelsohn had been forced to leave Berlin and emigrate to Britain; subsequently they triumphed in an open competition of 230 entries which provides a fascinating commentary on the ideological debate among British architects of the time, not least because of the architectural range represented by the designs which failed to win an award.

Bucking the trend: the life and times of the ninth Earl De La Warr 1900-1976, by Alastair Fairley, published 7 April 2001 (64 pp., Bexhill: Pavilion Trust, ISBN-10: 0954035003 & ISBN-13: 9780954035006) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries

De La Warr pavilion: the modernist masterpiece, by Alastair Fairley, published 2006 (172 pp., London: Merrell, ISBN-10: 1858942837 & ISBN-13: 9781858942834) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries

The De La Warr Pavilion on the south coast of England is an important piece of British modern movement architecture. This text tells the fascinating story of the pavilion's genesis, construction, post-war decline and recent restoration, and celebrates its new life as a vibrant cultural centre.