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I guess it's the lack of windows. Most of the building is made up of store rooms, where light would cause ancient records to deteriorate.

... and some of them are very old indeed - and odd shapes and sizes. There is, in any event, a national project to digitise records held locally in all public record offices - ESCC are participating in this, but it won't cover everything. And I'm sure no-one would agree to dispose of...

The last I heard was that it was still an ambition of the Conservative group on ESCC. But what difference the loss by the Tories of overall control in last May's elections will make, I don't know. A fair deal of administration is now located in Eastbourne anyway. As for the "county town"...

The Maltings is already closed to the public, while they box up the contents and move them to The Keep. As for the future of the building ... ESCC intend to transfer ownership to Lewes District Council, in exchange for Lewes District Council transferring Southover Grange to ESCC. LDC will use...

Sussex University will also move their Mass Observation archive into The Keep. http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/major-developments/keep A new historical resource centre is under construction at Woollards Field, near Falmer. It will provide a home for all the archives and...

Planned opening date is November 2013.

It's The Keep - the new Record Office for East Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council. I guess the reason it's not yet fully open is that it will take some time to shift the huge archives into the new building and get them all properly located ready to make them available to...