Hove is a town in East Sussex. It is between Brighton on the east and Portslade-by-Sea on the west. The town centre received substantial renovation in the late 1990s when the popular George Street was partly pedestrianised. Its wide boulevards are in contrast the bustle of Brighton, although many of the grand Regency and Victorian mansions have been transformed into flats. Marlborough Court was once the residence of the Duchess of Marlborough, aunt of Winston Churchill. Its seafront and beach, particularly the area starting on the west side of Brighton's West Pier has recently become designer after some years of decline during the 20th Century. The same is certainly true of the houses of the developments mentioned above, most of which now command relatively high prices, having been in some cases very run down during the 1950s and 1960s.